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Painting of a seated woman in a pale satin gown with beaded sleeves, gazing out a window beside blue curtains.

Dawn

A woman in a pale satin gown with beaded sleeves sits in a carved gilt chair, one hand drawn back to a blue curtain as she gazes out a window at a soft, misty landscape. Warm light falls across the folds of her dress, and the composition is quiet and reflective.

Artist
Edmund Hodgson Smart
Date
1907
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2011 × 2836 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1907).
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

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