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![]() | A New Orleans Mother And Her Four Children 1844 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Daniel Webster 1844 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Gentleman 1833 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Georgianna Blackburn Wilson 1835 Gibbes Museum of Art Charleston, SC | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
![]() | Henry L. Taylor 1833 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Lady 1851 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() The artist painted the background of this miniature in a vignette, so that the color fades into the background. When the ivory is viewed without its frame, the smudgy edges of the paint are revealed. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Man 1867 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() This elegantly dressed young man sat for this miniature on January 1, 1867. The artist used the edges of the ivory as a palette, and when the painting is viewed without its frame, you can see all the test strokes of paint. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Womens Committee. | Unrated | Anonymous |
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