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This bust-length portrait of a young woman depicts her in three-quarter profile facing right. She wears a dark grey dress with a neckline cut just off of the shoulders, with a fine lace collar and puffed short sleeves with lace cuffs. Her hair is parted in the middle and dressed in ringlets over her ears, with a braided chignon tied in a blue ribbon at the back of her head. She sits against a stippled green/yellow background. The portrait is in its original leather case.
miniatures (toys)
portraits
paintings (visual works)
ivory (tooth component)
watercolor (paint)
leather
Painting
The sitter is Miss Elizabeth Page (1821-1888), daughter of James Page and sister of Henry Augustus Page (1920.714).
Page, Elizabeth, 1821-1888
Unknown
5.125 x 4.25 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Henrietta Page
1920.715
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Miniature Portrait of Henry Augustus Page Accession Number 1920.714
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