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Clifford Harrington, Walcliff Antiques

Walcliff Antiques

active 1951

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The image shows two children, a girl and a boy, depicted from head to toe. The girl is standing to the right, slightly turned towards the boy. She has dark hair tied back with a pink ribbon, and her facial features are serious with a fair complexion. The boy also has a fair complexion and short light-colored hair. They are both wearing matching red dresses with white lace collars and cuffs, and white pantalettes underneath. The boy holds a yellow ceramic jug decorated with a floral pattern, while the girl holds an open book in her hands. Around the girl's neck hangs a long chain with a circular pendant. The background features a dark, wooded area with bare trees, and in the distance, there is the silhouette of a house with smoke coming from the chimney, set against a pink and blue sky.
Sturtevant J. Hamblin, Sisters in Red, c. 1840/1850, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.19

Sisters in Red

Sturtevant J. Hamblin · c. 1840/1850 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.19