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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
Thomas Officer painted this miniature while he was living in Mexico between 1848 and 1850. The lady wears a brooch and bracelet possibly of black onyx, and a necklace and earrings of pearls. These accessories accentuate the contrast between her fair skin and dark eyes and hair. The elegant pose has been undercut by the formal, almost awkward rendering of the sitter’s left hand.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of a Lady. ca. 1850. Thomas S. Officer, born Carlisle, PA 1810-died San Francisco, CA 1859. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore. CC0.
