Watercolor on rectangular ivory, mounted to paper with watercolor brushstrokes the paper; unfinished miniature portrait of an unidentified French woman on sheath of ivory, mounted on paper bearing strokes of watercolor; portrait 3/4 view of a woman with blue and brown flowers in her curly brown hair; head cocked right; wears brown bodice, white shirt with blue wrap over right shoulder; two curls cascade from her head one over right shoulder and down back; gray-blue background; left border undecorated; later inscription in pencil, lower right corner: "Mme de Leballure (?); painted (next 2 words illegible); by my Brother Lewis";
On back in ink (cursive): "Sketch by Lewis Livingston CLB" (CLB would indicate Coralie Livingston Barton.)
Found folded up in an old piece of paper, unframed, in 1986. Later mounted and framed in a dark wood frame with beaded edge by conservator Katherine Eirk to protect object.
Display Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 3 3/4 in. (7.8 x 9.5 cm)
Dimension Description
Paper ivory mounted on
Width
7 in
Length
5-5/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 x 5 5/8 in. (17.8 x 14.3 cm)
Condition
Notes
Overall Analysis: Conservation performed May 1993 by Katherine Eirk, Bethesda, MD. Details in file.
Remarks: Framed at time of conservation.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Mme. de Leballure (?)
Notes
Subject
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
Some information taken from first page of List of HHV Miniatures to Be Treated (In Priority Order). Nothing found in the N. Y. Appraisal Book.
Appraisal estimate $450 + frame.
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14D