DescriptionMA I429518 TePapa Portrait-of-a-young-woman full (1).jpg
English: Portrait of a young woman, 1923, Wellington, by Elizabeth Greenwood. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.021007)
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Portrait of a young woman, 1923, Wellington, by Elizabeth Greenwood. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.021007)