The image depicts a portrait of a person from the waist up. The person is seated upright, facing slightly to the left with sharp facial features, pronounced eyebrows, blue eyes, and a serious expression. They wear a white headdress with ribbon-like extensions, a dark high-collared garment, and hold a red book in their left hand while their right hand rests on a white cloth. In the background is a framed picture showing a green tree against a muted landscape on a brown wall. The overall color scheme is warm and earthy.

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Portrait of a Woman

painter Thomas Skynner (American, active 1840/1852)

c. 1845

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 76.4 x 61.2 cm (30 1/16 x 24 1/8 in.) ; framed: 90.8 x 76.8 x 6.6 cm (35 3/4 x 30 1/4 x 2 5/8 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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