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Source Description
This miniature, in a narrow gilt metal frame, shows a young boy and girl in a garden. The girl has a basket of flowers and the boy is presenting her with a spray of roses. The source for this composition is a painting by the Rev. Matthew W. Peters, which is known through an engraving published by John and Josiah Boydell in the 1780s. In this engraving however, the girl is wearing a straw hat with a wide brim, and the basket contains fruit and vegetables, not flowers.The reverse is copper, added later after a paper backing was removed.
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Document identity
localId
8573
label
Boy and Girl with Flowers
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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8573
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Boy and Girl with Flowers
description
This miniature, in a narrow gilt metal frame, shows a young boy and girl in a garden. The girl has a basket of flowers and the boy is presenting her with a spray of roses. The source for this composition is a painting by the Rev. Matthew W. Peters, which is known through an engraving published by John and Josiah Boydell in the 1780s. In this engraving however, the girl is wearing a straw hat with a wide brim, and the basket contains fruit and vegetables, not flowers.The reverse is copper, added later after a paper backing was removed.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd half 18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on ivory pasted on paper
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6229
33085
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0519d7dab5e4b334
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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be227591691d2c2b
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no
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no