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    "localId": "34892",
    "label": "A Gentleman",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.483"
}

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    "id": "34892",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.483",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "A Gentleman",
    "description": "Bust-length portrait of a young man with brown hair, wearing a black coat, white vest, high white collar and white stock.Henry Colton Shumway studied in New York City at the National Academy of Design. By 1831 he had established himself as a miniature painter and exhibited frequently at the Academy. He was elected an Associate in 1831 and an Academician in 1832. He ended his career coloring photographic portraits.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by A. J. Fink, Baltimore; A. J. Fink Foundation, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 1963.",
    "date": "1825-1850",
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    "language": "en",
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        "miniatures (paintings)"
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H excluding frame: 3 in. (7.62 cm)"
}

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