Portrait miniature of Elizabeth Griggs Cooke
Portrait miniature of Elizabeth Griggs Cooke
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- Description
- Oval half-length portrait of a blue-eyed, brown-haired young woman in bridal or wedding attire, facing and looking at the viewer; a bouquet of white lilies and other flowers rest on her left arm. She wears a veil with an embellished cloche or juliet cap, a square-necked dress with ruched or embroidered layers, and a single-strand pearl necklace with large pearl at bottom. Multicolored mottled background; light is from right. Signed at lower right. Housing includes a convex lens, rounded bezel, and case with post-and-ring hanger; case reverse is engraved "ELIZABETH GRIGGS COOKE / May 1922". Hangs in a red velvet-covered display frame fitted to hold eight miniatures, 1989.0343.16-.23.
- Artist is Isabelle Victoria Hayward (1868-1967) of New York, NY, and Paterson (Manchester), Passaic, NJ.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- painting
- Date made
- 1922
- place painted
- United States: New Jersey, Paterson
- Physical Description
- gold (case finish material)
- watercolor (painting material)
- ivory (painting material)
- glass (lens material)
- silver (case material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in;.9525 cm x 9.525 cm x 13.335 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0343.18
- catalog number
- 1989.0343.18
- accession number
- 1989.0343
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Elizabeth G. Cooke
- subject
- Weddings
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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