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Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Portrait of a Little Child
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Portrait of a Little Child

Artist William Matthew Prior (American, 1806 - 1873)
CultureAmerican
Date19th century
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (69.9 x 59.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 x 28 in. (81.3 x 71.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number80.264.16
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas portrait of a little child seated on a red fringed cushion, wearing a red dress, black shoes, and holding a small white poodle in her right arm.

Label TextAttributed to William Matthew Prior American (1806-1873) Portrait of a Little Child, 19th century Oil on canvas, 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 80.264.16 Exhibition History"Man's Best Friends," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, August 27 - October 19, 2013.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
William Matthew Prior
ca. 1830s
Photographed/scanned by Pat Cagney and then color-corrected.
William Matthew Prior
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Matthew Prior
not dated
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Matthew Prior
ca. 1850
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Ed Pollard-2008.
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Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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