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Etching of a woman in a dark dress reading a book at a table beside a hanging lamp and a teacup.

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A woman in a dark dress with lace trim sits at a table, absorbed in an open book, while a hanging oil lamp and a teacup on a saucer occupy the foreground. The etching uses dense hatching and soft tonal shading to build the quiet domestic interior. This print, titled A Lady Reading, was made by Francis Seymour Haden in 1858.

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