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Summary:
Portrait of Sarah M. Wells, a cousin of James Wells Champney, believed to be named after Champney's mother. Sarah M. Wells, born in 1843, was a cousin through Champney's mother's side of the family. This portrait depicts Sarah at age fourteen.
