American folk art portraits of little girls in red dresses with their pets. All in the public domain.

Picking flowers. 1840-50. Attributed to Samuel S. Miller.
Picking flowers. 1840-50. Attributed to Samuel S. Miller. Photo credit: Richard Walker. Collection of the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York. http://collections.fenimoreartmuseum.org/picking-flowers.
Girl with a dog and cat. American. Ammi Phillips, limner.
Girl with a dog and cat. American. Ammi Phillips, limner (1788-1865). Collection of the Galerie Saint Etienne. http://www.gseart.com/artist/ammi-phillips/bio.
Portrait of Alice Lyons. ca. 1855. John Jacob Hegler, artist.
Portrait of Alice Lyons. ca. 1855. John Jacob Hegler, artist. Indianapolis Museum of Art. http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/32902/.

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