Four small portrait miniatures set on a single backing board. They are from upper left moving clockwise: an older woman wearing a black dress and lace cap, an older man in black coat and vest, white shirt and black tie, a young man with dark hair in a black coat and vest, white shirt, black tie, and a younger dark-haired woman in a black dress with a white collar, gold brooch and double stranded necklace.
miniatures (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Painting
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
9.75 x 7.75 x 0.875 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.4237
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