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Portrait of a Woman

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-18087

Description

Small gilt framed print of woman holding bird. Half-length portrait of a woman with wavy hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue ribbon in her hair; a pink dress with white ruffles and green drapery. She holds a white dove with two hands to her cheek.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
prints (visual works)
chromolithography
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
doves
women (female humans)
Picture
Portrait
Unidentified Paper
Chromo Lithograph
Woman
Dove
Portrait

Inscription

Printed in pencil on back top right: ""2/-""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.875 x 4.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2190

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