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Source Description
Waist-length, three-quarter to right portrait of a lady with smooth black hair, wearing a wine-red velvet dress with low cut lace yoke. This miniature reputedly was taken from the pocket of a dead officer on a Southern battlefield of the Civil War.
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Document identity
localId
5863
label
Lady in a wine red dress
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
5863
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lady in a wine red dress
description
Waist-length, three-quarter to right portrait of a lady with smooth black hair, wearing a wine-red velvet dress with low cut lace yoke. This miniature reputedly was taken from the pocket of a dead officer on a Southern battlefield of the Civil War.
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. 1850
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
7
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 3 1/2 x W: 2 3/4 in. (8.89 x 6.99 cm); Framed H: 6 1/4 x W: 5 1/4 in. (15.88 x 13.34 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on ivory
creator_ids
3209
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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90ec1289db98b915
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no
hasDescription
no
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2
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photo
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859003420fc7926e
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no
hasDescription
no
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3
type
photo
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3a46588c109d81ca
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no