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    "localId": "8736",
    "label": "Portrait of a Lady (the Artist's Daughter)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.73"
}

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    "id": "8736",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.73",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of a Lady (the Artist's Daughter)",
    "description": "The son of a miniaturist, Baker spent almost his whole life in New York City, except for a trip to Italy in around 1846. He studied at the National Academy of Design. He was one of the most sought after portraitists of his time, but also painted ideal pieces, such as \"Love at First Sight,\" and \"The May Queen\" (present location unknown). The Walters Art Museum owns 8 works by this artist; his works can also be found at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1884, by purchase [from the artist]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1873",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.73",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "oil paintings (visual works)",
        "portraits"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 8,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 68.5,
            "height": 56
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 26 15/16 x W: 22 1/16 in. (68.5 x 56 cm)"
}

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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] At left: G.A.Baker; [Date] At left: 1873",
    "med": "oil on canvas",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ]
}

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