The image shows a group of people with two women in the foreground. The women are walking side by side, their bodies facing forward as they stride ahead. The woman on the left has long, wavy hair styled voluminously and wears a dark, full-length cloak with ruffled edges over a dress with layers of fabric, including a visible underskirt with a light trim. The woman on the right has similar voluminous, wavy hair and is dressed in a lighter-colored gown beneath a cloak, draped over one arm as she walks. They both have shawls or capes and wear fabric headdresses or bonnets. In the background are…
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Street Scene

Gustave Doré (French, 1832 - 1883)

1854?

Medium
lithograph on wove paper [proof]
Classification
Print
Dimensions
overall: 26.5 x 32.4 cm (10 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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