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This incredibly expressive self-portrait was done by Elizabeth Boott Duveneck when she was only 11 or 12 years old. Elizabeth Boott Duveneck self portrait, 1857 or 1858. Frank and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

This incredibly expressive self-portrait was done by Elizabeth Boott Duveneck when she was only 11 or 12 years old.

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck self portrait, 1857 or 1858. Frank and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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