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Summary:
Portrait of a woman seated with her body facing almost forward, her right hand in her lap, her left arm resting on a table, and her left hand raised to the neckline of her dress. She wears a black off-the-shoulder dress trimmed with white lace around the neckline and black lace around the edge of small puffed sleeves. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and is swept back from her face.
