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Sophie ANDERSON 1881 Shepherd piper

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823 – March 10,1903) was a French-born British artist who specialized in genre painting of children and women, typically in rural settings.

Best known for her beautiful, vivid delineation of Victorian children, Sophie Anderson's oil paintings were like photographic images. With each brush stroke, this self-taught painter captured every beautiful detail of the human face.[1]