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Painting of a bare-shouldered woman with long auburn hair playing an ornate harp beside rocks and sea.

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A seated female figure with long auburn hair and pearl necklaces plays an ornate harp on a rocky shore beside the sea. Her blue and pale green drapery contrasts with the dark boulders and distant green headland.

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1864

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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