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Miniature Portrait

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1750-1780

GUSN

GUSN-60750

Description

Framedportrait (A) done in pastel on paper of an unidentified woman shown in a bust-length, right-facing profile view.Woman wears a white bonnet with a blue ribbon and an orange shawl. Circular wood and glass frame (B).

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (paintings)
portraits
pastels (crayons)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Picture

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1942.1618

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 1/8 (D) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.1618AB

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