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Portrait of Three Young Women, by John Singer Sargent.

Portrait of three young women wearing nineteenth century dress by John Singer Sargent. It shows the Misses Vickers, three fashionable sisters from a wealthy family. Two of the sisters are seated together, the third on a chair close by. One wears a white gown and is staring thoughtfully away to the side as she leafs through a magazine with her companion. The third sister, looks over the back of her chair directly towards the viewer.

 

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