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The Pride of the West.

Date1852-1853

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 9 1/16in. (30.2 x 23cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionThree-quarter-length standing portrait of a young woman wearing what appears to be a riding habit. The bodice of the dress is tightly fitted with eleven buttons down the front, long sleeves with white cuffs, and a collar. A white collar, probably part of a blouse, is visible above the top of the dress. A black ribbon is tied in a bow around the woman's neck. A cloak or shawl is draped across her right arm, and she holds what appears to be a riding crop in her left hand.

Object number1950.202.35

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE PRIDE OF THE WEST. / 86."

On verso, in pencil: lower center, ".... Ethel H. [illegible surname] / bought this picture from / .... at Elizabethtown [?] Pa. about 1926"; lower left, "Print / box 7 / #40"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 34" accession number. Upper right, in red ink, "838".

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