The image depicts a young child seated on a carved wooden chair, facing forward with legs hanging over the edge. The child holds a small chalkboard with writing on it and has light blonde hair, big blue eyes, wearing a white dress with red trim, white pants, and brown lace-up boots. There is a red necklace around their neck and a dark brown background with a red curtain partly visible.
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Little Girl with Slate

painter Prior-Hamblin School (American, active mid 19th century)

c. 1845

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 68.8 x 56 cm (27 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.) ; framed: 77.4 x 64.7 x 5.3 cm (30 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 2 1/16 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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