Portrait of Miss L...,or A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed 1876

"Portrait of Miss L...,or A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed" is an etching created in 1876 by the French artist James Tissot. The work depicts a woman in a fashionable dress, standing in a doorway. She holds an umbrella and her hand is placed on the doorjamb. The etching, which is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, captures the elegant and stylish nature of women during the Victorian era. Tissot's detailed style and meticulous attention to detail are evident in the intricate patterns of the woman's dress and the textures of the doorway.