Portrait miniature of Elizabeth Griggs
Portrait miniature of Elizabeth Griggs
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- Description
- Oval half-length portrait of an older girl with blue eyes and brown hair seated against a landscape, her body turned to the viewer's right as she looks forward. Her long curls hang over the puffed blouse and sleeves of her high-necked white dress, which is accented by a light blue sash and gold necklace with aqua stones; a bracelet and ring are on her right hand. Light is from front left. Signed at lower right. Housing includes a convex lens, bead-patterned flat bezel, and flat case with hinged ring hanger attached at top of reverse; case reverse is also engraved "Elizabeth Griggs / Feb 1907" and struck "TIFFANY & C\o" at bottom. Hangs in a red velvet-covered display frame fitted to hold eight miniatures, 1989.0343.16-.23.
- Artist is M. E. Reynolds.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- painting
- Date made
- 1907
- case maker; retailer
- Tiffany & Co.
- place painted
- United States: New Jersey, Paterson
- place case made and retailed
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- watercolor (painting material)
- ivory (painting material)
- glass (lens material)
- silver (case material)
- gold (case finish material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in;.9525 cm x 10.795 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0343.19
- catalog number
- 1989.0343.19
- accession number
- 1989.0343
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Elizabeth G. Cooke
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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