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This painting may not currently be on view at the Maryland
Historical Society.
Medium: Painting Description: Half-length portrait shows Sarah Miriam Peale as young woman with short curly hair, directly engaging viewer. She wears yellow dress, white fichu tucked inside bodice, and blue cape. Image has blue-green background. Sitter's Life Dates: 1800-1885 Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Labels: 1) typed: "Portrait of Sarrah M. Peale / painted by James Peale / loaned by Mrs. A.R. Peale / 2001 No. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa.". 2) "Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts / Loan exhibition of" (see file for remainder)
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