The Love Letter

1856

53.5 cm 67 cm

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In this intimate boudoir scene a young woman is strategically positioned in front of a mirror so that the light source, blocked from view, reveals the reflection of her face and shoulder while silhouetting her form. Her chemise falls from one shoulder to reveal her back. Aroun...

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William Henry De Courcy Wright, Blakeford, Queen Anne's County, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Anne Gordon Boyce Baldwin (Mrs. Ludlow Baldwin), by inheritance [passed down through five generations from Wright]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
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