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Portrait of a Lady
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The artist painted the background of this miniature in a vignette, so that the color fades into the background. When the ivory is viewed without its frame, the smudgy edges of the paint are revealed.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of a Lady. 1851. George H. Hite, born Urbana, OH 1807-died New York City ca. 1880. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase. CC0.
