Portrait of a Woman, said to be from South Carolina

Description This portrait was set into a brooch by L. Siddons of Charleston, South Carolina in June 1853. The portrait is said to be a woman of that state painted in Paris. It has been suggested the portrait may be by the French miniaturist Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin.

Provenance Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters (?)