The image shows two young children standing together. The child on the left has fuller cheeks and tightly curled brown hair, while the child on the right has longer, less curly hair. Both are dressed in blue dresses with white lace-trimmed sleeves and white pantaloons with lace. They wear blue shoes. The child on the left is holding red cherries, some of which are on the ground, and the child on the right holds a red book with a partially visible white page. The background is a simple, dark tone.

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Sisters in Blue

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

c. 1840

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 68.3 x 56 cm (26 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.) ; framed: 82.2 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm (32 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 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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