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One main title has been suggested, with minor changes:
'Grenat et or: Le Petit Cardinal' is the preferred title. The title of the 'Cardinal' presumably comes from her deep plum coloured cap, like that of a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
A half-length portrait of a girl with shoulder-length brown hair, cut in a deep fringe, wearing a black dress and red cap, against a dark background.
Lilian ('Lily') Pamington (b. 1887/1888) .Whistler painted about ten portraits of Lillie Pamington includingBrown and Gold: Lillie 'In our Alley!' [YMSM 464], Lillie: An Oval [YMSM 465] and Girl in Black [YMSM 470].
1: Douzième Exposition, Ouvrages de Peintures, Sculpture, Dessin, Gravure, Architecture et Objets d'Art, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Grand Palais, Paris, 1902 (cat. no. 1195).
2: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 40).
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