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Portsmouth children
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Portsmouth children

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · 1887

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In the foreground and at the right, children are playing on a beach, upon which boats with raised sails lie stranded. In the distance, across a sheet of water, are numerous boats under sail. The butterfly, in outline, is in the right lower corner.

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