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William Merritt Chase

Portrait of Dora Wheeler

1882–83
oil on canvas
159.8 × 166.4 cm (62.9 × 65.5 in)

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● On view now — 208 American Gilded Age and Realism

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Chase and Wheeler worked together to raise money for constructing the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.

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