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Miniature watercolor on paper half length portrait of a woman looking over her left shoulder, set in an oval brass frame with pendant loop at top.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
paper (fiber product)
brass (alloy)
Painting
Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson), 1810-1865
3677
Thomson, William John (Miniaturist)
Edinburgh, Scotland
1990.1354
For a history of Elizabeth Gaskell and a mention of this portrait see Jenny Uglow, "Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories," London/Boston (1993).
Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City of, Scotland, United Kingdom)
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