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[Eva Elisabeth]

That was a good and educational question, Laurie! Allow me to add it was also a lady, Elizabeth Thompson, who finally bought the painting for 25,000$ (!) and donated it to Congress. Carpenter, with the help of William O. Stoddard, campaigned for Congress to purchase the painting, but Congress did not appropriate the money. So it remained in Carpenter’s possession until 1877, when Elizabeth Thompson purchased it.