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Eliza.

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 1/4 x 8 5/8in. (26 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 7/16 x 8 7/8in. (29.1 x 22.5cm)

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionBust-length portrait of a young woman facing left. She wears a dress with balloon sleeves and a square neckline over a chemise or other undergarment. A shawl is draped over her right shoulder. She also wears a broad-brimmed hat decorated with two feather plumes and tassels. For jewelry she has a thin string or chain around her head, with a bead in the middle of her forehead.

Object number2003.141.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ELIZA."
On verso, in pencil: lower left, "Print / Box 8 / #3"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987 / Dwr 31" and accession number.

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