# Portrait of a Child

- By: Raphaelle Peale (born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.2 x 4.9 cm) oval
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=19314)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/6b32b7ef40adaa497a4d976eb588d6e3.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is thought to be a painting of a child known only as “Miss Borrie.” The artist applied touches of red to the girl’s lips and cheeks in this otherwise subdued painting to emphasize her smiling expression.