The image shows a bust-length portrait of two young girls positioned side by side, occupying the left and right halves of the canvas. Both girls are facing forward, with their bodies angled slightly inward toward each other. They have pale complexions with prominent facial features; the girl on the left has large brown eyes, while the girl on the right has striking blue eyes. Their hair is styled in long, dark brown, tightly-coiled ringlets that fall to their shoulders, with a slight part in the middle. Both are wearing dark-colored dresses with wide, off-the-shoulder necklines that reveal…
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American 19th Century

c. 1840

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 60.8 cm (18 1/8 x 23 15/16 in.) ; framed: 60 x 74.6 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 29 3/8 x 2 3/8 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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