Artist:Unknown
Medium: Watercolor on ivory with human hair housed in metal locket with glass lenses
Dates:late 18th century
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)
Collections:
Accession Number: 21.478
Image: 21.478_recto_acetate_bw_SL1.jpg,
Catalogue Description:
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.