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Source Description
A young girl is seated on a step in front of a doorway making a dress for a doll resting on her lap. At her left is a chair on which she has placed a miniature chest of drawers and some clothes, and on the floor is an open sewing box and a pair of scissors.
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Document identity
localId
15465
label
The Little Dressmaker
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
15465
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Little Dressmaker
description
A young girl is seated on a step in front of a doorway making a dress for a doll resting on her lap. At her left is a chair on which she has placed a miniature chest of drawers and some clothes, and on the floor is an open sewing box and a pair of scissors.
provenance
Sale, French and English Exhibition of Pictures, National Academy of Design, New York, October 29, 1859; William T. Walters, Baltimore, October 29, 1859, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1858
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.3
height
21.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/4 x W: 8 5/8 in. (27.3 x 21.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: Ed Frére.; [Date] Lower left: 1858
med
oil on panel (mahogany)
creator_ids
4366
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0bcb979067f20379
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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1998f370327bc64f
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no
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no