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Watercolor of a woman in a teal skirt reading a book on a carved sofa beside a window with hills.

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A seated woman in a burgundy bodice, white collar and teal skirt reads a small book beside a dark carved sofa. A red curtain hangs beside a paned window that shows distant hills, and the work is rendered in watercolor. The piece is catalogued as "A Lady Reading" by William Henry Hunt, dated 1835.

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1835

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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