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A Lady
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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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.
Exhibitions
| 1958-1959 | Four Centuries of Miniature Painting from the Collections of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc. and A.J. Fink, Personally. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/7/1964 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 6/30/1964 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
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)
Credit Line
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.468