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Portrait of a Man
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The man in this miniature has not been identified. He wears a fair wig, a plum-colored velvet coat with gilt buttons and a white knotted kerchief. Back is roughly finished, white enamel, circular paper sticker with "8716 / SW. / 52." in ink, "13" in graphite, "21" in red pencil.
Provenance
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Likely Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 5/8 × W: 1 3/8 in. (4.2 × 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.21