Record Details
Miniature of a Child on Cushion
Artist
Artist unidentified
Date1820–1840
Place/RegionUnited States
MediumWatercolor and gouache on ivory in gold setting
Dimensions2 3/4 × 2 1/8"
Credit LineGift of Howard and Jean Lipman in memory of Joyce Hill
Accession number1989.2.1
DescriptionThis portrait of a young child was probably painted posthumously. As was the fashion, the reverse contains plaited hair which would have belonged to the deceased.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Miniature: Child on Cushion," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 36
Artist unidentified
c. 1750
2019.17.1
