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Miniature Portrait of a Man

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1830-1840

GUSN

GUSN-11049

Description

Rectangular format; portrait of a man, Mr. William Noyes; 1/2 length; depicts man wearing a black suit with folded white cravat; sideburns; book in left hand; original black frame and glass; watercolor on paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
portraits
Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Ink
Gouache
Painted
Portrait
Man
Painting

Associated Person

Noyes, William

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 5/8 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1350.1

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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