This intricately braided bracelet forms a wide band, made with hair belonging to Julia Ann Goodwin (1824–1867), the original owner’s mother. The miniature depicts Julia’s sister, Caroline Augusta Goodwin (1822–1852). The artist was the wife of portrait and genre painter Henry Peters Gray (1819–1877), who became the second president of the National Academy of Design in 1870.
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