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Unknown
Portrait of a Ladycirca 1798

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Oval portrait miniature in a silver pendant frame, woman with dark curly hair and a terracotta headband, bare shoulders, draped in pale gray fabric

Unknown, Portrait of a Lady, circa 1798, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Leonard Martin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Portrait of a Lady
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1798
Medium
Miniature: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (7.62 × 5.4 × 0.95 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Leonard Martin
Accession Number
51.38.9
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

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