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Miniature watercolor on ivory half length portrait of a man facing front and wearing a black coat and yellow vest, one arm is resting on arm of an upholstered sofa, classical marble urn in background. Mounted behind an ormolu mat and within an album.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
ivory (tooth component)
gilt bronze
Painting
Front: "G.HARVEY" Paper label: "Supply Clap Thwing. Miniature by George Harvey, 1830." (Signed and paper label)
Thwing, Elsie Fellowes Davis, 1804-1845
Thwing, Supply Clap, 1798-1877
3714
Harvey, George, ca. 1800-1878 (Miniaturist)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, New England
4 1/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
1935.403
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Miniature of Elsie Fellowes (Davis) Thwing by George Harvey. Accession Number 1935.404
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