The image shows two people in a room. One person is seated on a step, facing the other person who is seated in a chair by a doorway. The man holds a stringed instrument and a dog sits beside him. The woman is looking down at a piece of paper she holds. The room has an ornate doorway with plants or vines along the sides.
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When Other Friends Are Round Thee

Robert Walter Weir (American, 1803 - 1889)

c. 1853

Medium
brush and brown ink, wash, and scratchwork on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 22.86 × 16.03 cm (9 × 6 5/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Rudolph Max Kauffmann, 1947)
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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