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Watercolor portrait of Lady Mount Cashell.

Title
Watercolor portrait of Lady Mount Cashell.
Publication
[Pisa?, circa 1827-1829?]

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Still imagePermit needed *PforzSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description
1 painting : watercolor on ivory; 62 mm (circular)
Summary
Bust-length miniature portrait, subject facing forward. She wears a red shawl over a black dress and a white ruffled bonnet.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Watercolors
  • Miniatures (Paintings)
Note
  • One of a set of three miniature portraits of the women of the Tighe family by an unidentified artist, probably painted between 1827 and 1829.
  • With an inscription, in an unknown hand, on a circular card which formerly served as backing for the painting: "Prego che 'l pianto / mio finisca Morte["] / 1827, 1829, 1829 / morta 28 Gennajo / 1835 / "Non la conobbe il mondo / mentre l'ebbe: / "Conobbil'io, ch'a / pianger qui rimasi.["]
  • Within ebonized square wood frame with circular recess, palmette-embellished ormolu toothed rim, and convex glass lens.
Call Number
*Pforz
OCLC
974712167
Title
Watercolor portrait of Lady Mount Cashell.
Imprint
[Pisa?, circa 1827-1829?]
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