This painting shows a young girl in a full-length portrait. She is standing with her body slightly angled to the left and her left arm resting on a stone pedestal. The girl has light skin, straight brown hair with bangs, dark eyes, and a calm expression on her face. She wears a light pink dress with puffed sleeves, a fitted bodice, and a full skirt with lace details. A pink sash is tied around her waist, and she wears red shoes. She holds a pink rose in her right hand. The background features a lush green garden with dense foliage and a partly cloudy blue sky. The stone pedestal beside her…
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Anna Maria Cumpston

painter Charles Peale Polk (American, 1767 - 1822)

c. 1790

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 147 x 95.6 cm (57 7/8 x 37 5/8 in.) ; framed: 157.5 x 104.9 x 5 cm (62 x 41 5/16 x 1 15/16 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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