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Accession # 61.144.2
Artist Unknown
Title Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright
Date n.d.
Medium Watercolor on ivory portrait in metal locket with glass lens
Dimensions Image (sight): 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (7 x 5.6 cm) Frame: 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.4 cm) Frame (height with loop): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Inscriptions Engraved on back of locket, in center: "Sir Richard Arkwright / 1732-1792 / Inventor of Spinning Jenny"
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
Location Visible Storage: Case 30, Shelf A (Sculpture)