Mourning Locket1820–18402 3/4 x 2 1/8 " (7 x 5.4 cm)Watercolor and gouache on ivory in gold setting with hairGift of Howard and Jean Lipman in memory of Joyce Hill1989.2.10152575517Artist unidentifiedJewelryThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster21759Miniature of a Child on CushionMiniature of a Child on CushionMiniature of a Child on CushionUnited StatesTreasures of Folk Art: Museum of American Folk ArtPaintings
This 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), 36MourningJewelryMiniaturePAINTINGhttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster21759Miniature of a Child on CushionMiniature of a Child on CushionMiniature of a Child on CushionMiniature of a Child on Cushionhttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster21759http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2175918201840 1989 2 1
This 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), 36MourningJewelryMiniaturePAINTING