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1834-1867
GUSN-12533
Black and white engraving in an oval reserve of a woman in a Renaissance period costume with a lace bonnet and is holding a tray. Framed under glass. Molded wooden frame with applied gesso and gilt. Painted black on an outer edges.
portraits
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
portraits
Renaissance
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Picture
Portrait
Glass
Unidentified Paper
Gesso
Gilded
Stipple Engraved
Painted
Portrait
Woman
Renaissance Revival
Portrait
Inscribed is: PAINTED BY T.M. JOY/ENGRAVED BY WM. CARLOS/LA BELLE DE BRUGES.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Possibly Carlos, William (Engraver)
England
24.375 x 20 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1663
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