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Little Girl with Doll
John Carlin, born Philadelphia, PA 1813-died New York City 1891
We do not know the identity of this young girl, who is around four or five years old. Her hair has been styled into ringlets, which was fashionable for ladies and children alike during the 1840s and 1850s.
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Department
- SAAM
- Institution
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- saam_1947.1.1
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
