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Edgar Degas, Portrait of Estelle Balfour
Unknown artist
commentary on the event: Estelle Musson Balfour (1843-1909), cousin of the French painter Edgar Degas, who visited France between 1863 and 1865. She was in mourning for her husband, who was killed in the Civil War. During the painting of this portrait, Mrs Balfour became blind
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