Miniature watercolor on ivory bust length portrait of woman wearing a red dress in front of red drapes, mounted in an oval metal frame with foliate border and pendant loop at top, all mounted in a painted green molded wood frame with red velvet mat.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
ivory (tooth component)
Painting
"ELLEN DEAN LADD / BOSTON / PROPERTY OF E. FAYERWEATHER" (Pencil)
Sargent, Ellen Dean Ladd, 1819-1847
Sargent, James Lloyd, Mr.
3688
Unknown
Probably Boston, Massachusetts
12 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 1 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.721.2
Title Accession Number 1993.721.1
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