Oval framed miniature of a young man. Half-length portrait facing right, wearing blue coat with black collar and silver buttons, and a white shirt, with his hair pulled back. Brown background. Oval metal frame with copper back, enclosing oval glass piece protecting lock of hair, rectangular painted black frame.
miniatures (paintings)
paintings (visual works)
copper (metal)
glass (material)
hair
ivory (tooth component)
oil paint (paint)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
4.625 x 3.813 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.234
Maine (United States)
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