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    "localId": "8030",
    "label": "Portrait of a Gentleman",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.9"
}

{
    "id": "8030",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.9",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of a Gentleman",
    "description": "Formerly identified as a portrait of Washington Irving. The frame of this miniature has been pierced at the top and bottom suggesting it may have one been part of a bracelet or otherwise repurposed.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1800-1825",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.9",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.9_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.9_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.9_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 4.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/8 x W: 1 5/8 in. (5.4 x 4.1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] On back: Washington Irving",
    "med": "watercolor on ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6184"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_38.9_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "03350e2ef787b728"
}