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Miniature watercolor on ivory, bust length portrait of a man facing slightly right wearing a black coat and neck tie, mounted behind an ormolu mat with oval opening and in a hinged brown leather case with green velvet lining.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
ivory (tooth component)
gilt bronze
leather
Painting
Paper label: "Sardine S. Bigelow / 1819-1848 / Fitzwilliam, N.H. (Paper label and note)
Bigelow, Sardine Sparrow, 1819-1848
3654
Unknown
United States
4 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
1961.40
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