Who is the subject of the green room painting with the black swirl around her face?

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This painting is in the green room of the White House.

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The Mosquito Net by John Singer Sargent

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Singer...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house...

The woman who posed for the

painting was Marion Alice (Polly)

Barnard, whose father, Frederick,

was a painter and friend of Sargent's.

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/ac-0704_artic...

I hope this helps! :)

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