Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Artist Unknown

Date1891

Mediumwatercolor, ivory, copper or bronze alloy

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1/2 in. (10.8 x 6.7 x 1.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde

Object number1971.231

On View

Not on view

Collections

American Paintings & Sculpture

SignedLower left: "Scott 1891".

DescriptionMiniature painting on ivory enclosed in a locket. A small lock of white hair is on the reverse side. The bust length portrait is of an older woman with white hair tied up in a bun, she is wearing a black emboidered top with a white lace ruffled collar.Provenance1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Charlotte P. Hyde)