The image shows a woman in profile from the waist up. She has distinct facial features, dark hair with a white bonnet, and is wearing a brown dress with a white fichu. She is holding an open book in her left hand. The background is a plain, muted red oval area within a darker rectangle.
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Jane L. Van Reid

painter American 19th Century

c. 1810

Medium
oil on wood on pressed wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.) ; framed: 31.7 x 26.6 x 3.4 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/2 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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