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Portrait of a Gentleman/Mourning Miniature
Unknownlate 18th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Recto is a bust portrait of a white-haired man in dark coat and white shirt facing to his left. Verso is a mourning image of woman at a tombstone (see inscription) flanked by a weeping willow tree and a winged cherub, another cherub in sky above; human hair used in ground and tree leaves.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of a Gentleman/Mourning Miniature
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: late 18th century
- Type: Portrait, Miniatures
- Rights: Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12528/Portrait_of_a_GentlemanMourning_Miniature
- Medium: Watercolor on ivory with human hair housed in metal locket with glass lenses
- Signed: Unsigned
- Inscribed: Inscribed on memorial on verso: "SACRED WILL /I EVER KEEP /THY DEAR /REMAINS /ES [in monogram]"
- Dimensions: Recto (sight): 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6 cm)Verso (sight): 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (4.4 x 3.3 cm)Frame: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.1 x 6.7 cm)Frame (height with loop): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
- Collection: American Art
- Accession number: 21.478
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