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Portrait of a Child
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of a Child. ca. 1800. Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund. CC0.
