The image shows a woman's upper body. She is looking directly at the viewer with a calm expression. The woman has fair skin, dark brown hair styled away from her face, blue eyes, and delicate features. She is wearing a soft pink dress with a white shawl draped over her shoulders and a pearl necklace. The background is plain and brown.
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Mrs. Asa Benjamin

painter William Jennys (American, active 1793/1807)

1795

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.) ; framed: 81.9 x 69.2 x 3.4 cm (32 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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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