The Young Orphan (or At Her Ease) is an oil on canvas painting executed in 1884 by the American artist William Merritt Chase. It is in the collection of the National Academy of Design, New York City.[1]

The Young Orphan
Artist	William Merritt Chase
Year	1884
Type	oil on canvas
Dimensions	111.7 cm × 196.7 cm (44.0 in × 77.4 in)
Location	National Academy of Design, New York

The model was probably from the Protestant Half Orphanage in West 10th Street, New York City, adjacent to the Tenth Street Studio Building where the artist lived and worked. Chase changed the title of the work to the more politically correct At Her Ease when he sent it to the 1884 exhibition of Les Vingt in Belgium, thus placing more emphasis on the painting and less on its social comment.

The painting is compositionally reminiscent {e.g. in its layout and use of only two predominant colors} of Whistler's well known Arrangement in Black and Gray, No 1 (Whistler's Mother).

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