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Portrait of a Young Lady

Artist: Charles Edward Wagstaff, born England, 1808, active in America from 1840-after 1851
Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait in metal locket under glass lens
Dates: n.d.
Dimensions: Image (sight): 2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm) Frame: 2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in. (5.9 x 6 cm) Frame (height with loop): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Markings: Impressed on back of locket, in center: "SCHUMANN-SONS"
Signature: Lower left, illegible
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: X512
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
Image: Overall, X512_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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