Miniature oil on ivory depicting Harrison Gray Otis from the waist up wearing a blue coat with a velvet collar and a dark cravat, strip on right side shows a blue sky and trees. Set within a bronze frame with a molded leaf and berry pattern border.
miniatures (paintings)
ivory (tooth component)
gilt bronze
oil painting (technique)
Painting
Painting: "D.B. / 1844" Frame: "Susse. Fres" "FE [within box]" (Signed, engraved, stamped)
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848
3368
Possibly Bowen, Daniel (Miniaturist)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, New England
6 x 5 1/2 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Sophia Harrison Ritchie
1947.782
Loaned to the Boston Public Library in 1969.
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Miniature of Sally Foster Otis Accession Number 1947.783
Title Cornelian Necklace Accession Number 1967.58
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