Miniature

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Miniature

Entry/Object ID

MP.91.7

Description

Miniature, watercolor on ivory, bust-length portrait of a woman in her twenties: brown hair piled on top of head with a comb; curls above ears; brown almond eyes, slim dark eyelashes; thin face with pale complexion and long nose, pursed lips; wears dress with puffy shoulders and neck tied with pink and gray ribbon in center; sitter's shoulders are slightly rounded; in atmospheric gray mounted in rectangular frame with molded vertical ridges; ivory set in deep oval caretto under convex glass lens fixed in ormolu frame; small circular hook at top, center.

Artwork Details

Medium

glass, Ormolu, Ivory, Watercolor, Lacquer, Glass, Ormolu, Ivory, Watercolor, Lacquer

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Pamela Hill

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1835

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-3/4 in

Width

4-3/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 4 3/16 in. (12.1 x 10.6 cm)

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Conservation by Katherine Eirk, 1993 (see report in file) She believes the ivory was cut down, possibly by the artist.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MP.91.6 - Miniature - Part of set - Same frame

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

May 24, 1993 - Robin Bolton Smith confirmed attribution to Pamela Hill. MP.91.6, MP.91.7 and SS.70.3 have identical frames. Subject is an unidentified woman, possibly of the Wetmore family.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14D