Painting of a woman with dark hair bowed over a dark bowl in her lap, in a dark dress against a brown background.

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A woman with dark hair piled high bends her head over a dark bowl she holds in her lap, her face partly turned away. She wears a dark dress against a warm brown ground, with soft, loosely brushed tones and a pale glint at the collar and edge of the frame.

Artist: John White Alexander
Date: ca. 1898
Medium: oil on canvas
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 1652 × 2999 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1903).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

19th century 1890s 1898 oil on canvas american painting bowed head woman sewing domestic work john white alexander brown palette