This painting depicts several figures and a pig on a wooden porch. The woman in the foreground is wearing a long dress and bonnet, standing on a wooden boardwalk. In the background, several figures are seated on a porch attached to a wooden building. One figure leans against a pillar, while another sits on the steps of the porch. Two children are bent down on the ground on the left side of the painting. A pig is in the darkened doorway behind the woman. The painting uses monochrome shades and brown tones, giving it a vintage or historical feel and emphasizing textures. The style is…
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With Pride Upon Her Brow

Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852 - 1911)

c. 1878

Medium
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash and heightened with white on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 43.18 x 65.56 cm (17 x 25 13/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in Memory of Heidi L. Berry
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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