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This is a double portrait of the Howes children, Adelbert and Harriet, painted ( May 25, 1850). We are not sure how long in took Balis to paint a portrait. The definitive date may mean that they they were completed in a day. We are not sure about that. The date may mean when the portrait was completed. We doubt if at the most that the paining took more than a few days. Adelbert was 7 years old and Harriet was 4 years old when their portrait was painted. The children were the grandchildren of Harriet Wales Smith and Anson Smith of Walesville, New York. Harriet has ringlet curls and wears a red dress wih a low neckline and some kind of sheer overlay. She also wears lacy pantalettes. She holds flowers in one hand. We are not sure whast is in the other hand. We are not entirely sure what the boy is wearing. We tought might be a frock coat, but it also looks somewhat like a tunic. It is the lack of va collar that is nusul for a boy. Rasther we aee the same decoirative edging that vthe girl has on her dress. This is something we do not see in the photographic record.
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