Portrait Miniature
Portrait Miniature
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- Description
- An oval watercolor half length portrait of a man in frock coat and a frill shirt. The painting is painted on a paper-thin oval of ivory. The miniature is set in an oval case of wood interior covered with green fabric, the exterior is a deep red colored leather, and it has a lid with a broken hinge and hook.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- painting
- Other Terms
- Painting; Pictures; Portrait
- date made
- late 18th to early 19th century
- place made
- United States: Virginia, Alexandria
- Physical Description
- ivory (image material)
- watercolor (image material)
- wood (frame material)
- leather (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall, storage box: 1 1/4 in x 10 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 25.7175 cm x 15.5575 cm
- overall, painting: 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 6.0325 cm
- ID Number
- DL.62.0553
- catalog number
- 62.0553
- accession number
- 220760
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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