The image is a portrait of a young child shown from the waist up. The child is seated and facing forward. The child has dark hair that is styled smoothly and parted down the middle. The facial features include wide, dark eyes and a small, full-lipped mouth. The child is wearing a dress with a wide neckline and puffed sleeves, which is coral in color with delicate white lace trim. Around the child's neck is a simple gold chain necklace. The child holds a white rabbit with a black spot on its back in their right arm. The background is a plain, dark gray color.
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Little Girl with Pet Rabbit

painter Sturtevant J. Hamblin (American, active 1837/1856)

c. 1845

Medium
oil on paper on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 30.7 x 24.5 cm (12 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.) ; framed: 34.6 x 29.5 x 2.2 cm (13 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 7/8 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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