Little Girl with Flowers (Amelia Palmer) 1827 - 1830

Charles Cromwell Ingham's "Little Girl with Flowers (Amelia Palmer)" is an oil painting on canvas that depicts a young girl in a white dress and a straw hat, holding a basket of flowers. Painted between 1827 and 1830, the artwork showcases Ingham's skill in capturing the innocence and charm of childhood. The girl, identified as Amelia Palmer, stands in a verdant landscape, highlighting the natural beauty of the American countryside. This portrait exemplifies the Romanticism movement, which celebrated nature, sentimentality, and individual expression, popular in the early 19th century. Today, the painting is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.