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Portrait of Mrs Thomas Holroyd and Her Daughter, Sarah Morgan

George Richmond, 1842

The Whitworth, Manchester

The lady, seated full front view in a low green chair to the right, wears a flowing white dress with wide low muslin fichu-collar, a knot of rose-coloured ribbon on her breast. The little girl, leaning on her mother's right side wears a white dress with touches of blue and has a round rosy face and brown eyes.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Mrs Thomas Holroyd and Her Daughter, Sarah Morgan, 1842

Date supported

1939

Medium and material

Watercolour

Dimensions

48 x 34 cm

Gifted by

Harriet Sarah Chamberlain

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