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Portrait of a Lady
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Portrait of a Lady

Daniel F. Ames, active New York City ca. 1837-1858 · ca. 1850 · watercolor on ivory

From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The lady in this portrait wears her hair pulled over her ears and tied in a knot at the back, a style that was fashionable for older women during the mid-nineteenth century.

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Credit linePortrait of a Lady. ca. 1850. Daniel F. Ames, active New York City ca. 1837-1858. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau. CC0.

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