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Half-length, three-quarter view portrait features Mary Anne Jewins Burnett (Mrs. Charles Burnett): woman in a white gown with an empire waistline. Light-colored hair appears from under her white cap and she wears a large, burgundy jewel on the sheer portion of her dress. Johnson was the first African American painter to make his living as an artist.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Joshua_Johnson_(painter)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Joshua Johnson (painter)"><span title="African American painter">Joshua Johnson</span></a>
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circa 1812 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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