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Miniature watercolor on ivory, half length portrait of a woman facing slightly left wearing a black dress with lace collar, bonnet, and peach silk shawl, set behind an ormolu mat with rectangular opening, mounted in an album page.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
ivory (tooth component)
gilt bronze
Painting
Front left side edge: "G.HARVEY" Paper label: "Sarah (Homans) Thwing. Wife of Samuel Thwing and daughter of Benjamin / and Susannah (Gray) Homans. Miniature by George Harvey / in 1830. She was born in Boston 16 January 1770 and / died in Roxbury August 20, 1833." (Signed and paper label)
Thwing, Sarah Homans, 1770-1833
3718
Harvey, George, ca. 1800-1878 (Miniaturist)
Boston, Massachusetts
4 3/8 x 3 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Annie Haven Thwing
1935.407
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