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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Portrait of an Unknown Woman

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)
Photograph by Michael Fredericks
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