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Source Description
Bust-length portrait of a dark-haired young lady in décolleté white muslin dress or wrap and blue scarf. The sitter has a long string of pearls around her neck, from which is suspended a miniature of a man in a three-corner hat. She holds this miniature in her left hand.This miniature has been attributed to Charles Fraser, a painter of miniatures, portraits in oils and landscapes. He spent most of his life in his native city of Charleston depicting its leading citizens. There is another almost identical miniature in the Gibbes Museum, Charleston (accession number XX1902).The frame post-dates this miniature.
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Document identity
localId
38244
label
A Lady
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Source metadata
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38244
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title
A Lady
description
Bust-length portrait of a dark-haired young lady in décolleté white muslin dress or wrap and blue scarf. The sitter has a long string of pearls around her neck, from which is suspended a miniature of a man in a three-corner hat. She holds this miniature in her left hand.This miniature has been attributed to Charles Fraser, a painter of miniatures, portraits in oils and landscapes. He spent most of his life in his native city of Charleston depicting its leading citizens. There is another almost identical miniature in the Gibbes Museum, Charleston (accession number XX1902).The frame post-dates this miniature.
provenance
Herbert Lawton collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
ca. 1815
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.3
height
6.7
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 3 1/4 x W: 2 5/8 in. (8.26 x 6.67 cm); Framed H: 7 x W: 6 1/2 in. (17.78 x 16.51 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] Handwritten on back: No 153 by Charles Frazer
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watercolor on ivory
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2795
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EAN
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3225
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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