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Portrait of a Woman

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1868-1933

GUSN

GUSN-12704

Description

Charcoal drawing of a young woman; three-quarter bust-length view. Blue velvet frame with an ovoid reserve. Under glass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
drawings (visual works)
charcoal (plant material)
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
velvet (fabric weave)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Picture
Portrait
Charcoal
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Velvet
Woman
Portrait

Inscription

Signed in the lower corner: KUATZ.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Kuatz (Maker)

Dimensions

12 x 9.813 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1809

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