The image shows two young children depicted in a full-body portrait, standing side by side. The child on the left has light-colored hair pulled back tightly, large blue eyes, and a fair complexion. This child is wearing a blue dress with puffed sleeves, a black apron, and white undergarments with visible lace at the hem. They are holding a small woven basket filled with red berries or similar objects in their right hand. The child on the right also has light brown hair, parted neatly in the middle, large blue eyes, and a fair complexion. This child is dressed in a bright orange dress with…
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Sisters in Black Aprons

American 19th Century

c. 1835/1840

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 94.3 x 67.2 cm (37 1/8 x 26 7/16 in.) ; framed: 104.8 x 80.6 x 6.3 cm (41 1/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 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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