The image shows a person seated on a chair. They face slightly sideways, with one hand on the back of the chair. They have fair skin, dark eyes, and dark curly hair styled up with curls around the forehead. The person is dressed in a light blue dress with ruffled sleeves and a ruffled collar. The dress has white lace details, a decorative belt with a gold buckle, and is paired with blue stockings and shoes with floral detailing. They hold a small white bag or purse and wear earrings and a necklace made of blue beads. The background is plain brown with a patterned floor beneath them.

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Martha Eliza Stevens Edgar Paschall

American 19th Century

c. 1823

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 132.5 x 102.6 cm (52 3/16 x 40 3/8 in.) ; framed: 141.6 x 111.3 x 6.2 cm (55 3/4 x 43 13/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line: Gift of Mary Paschall Young Doty and Katharine Campbell Young Keck
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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