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Portrait of a Young Girl
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About this work
The identity of the young girl in this miniature is unknown, but it has been suggested that she was a member of the Peale family, as this miniature was purchased from Peale descendants. Children in the 1800s were often dressed as “small adults,” and here the sitter wears a child’s version of a high-waisted Empire gown, fashionable among ladies in the early part of the century.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of a Young Girl. 1825. Mary Jane Simes, born Baltimore, MD 1807-died Baltimore, MD 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer. CC0.
