Portrait miniature of Meribah Farmer
date: label: Date made
content: 1872
notes: label: Description
content: Oval bust-length portrait of an older woman with white cap tied beneath her chin, turned and looking to the viewer's left. She appears to wear a white neckerchief and yellow-brown dress with matching outer garment or robe. No jewelry. Faint gray shadow behind her right shoulder; light is from front right. Not signed. Housing includes a flat lens, gilt cable- or ropework bezel, and matte gilt, oval case with post-and-ring hanger; flat reverse of case is engraved "MERIBAH FARMER. / 1872" in shaded block letters. Hangs in a red velvet-covered display frame fitted to hold eight miniatures, 1989.0343.16-.23.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place painted
content: United States: United States, Northeastern
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Elizabeth G. Cooke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0343.17
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0343.17
label: accession number
content: 1989.0343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (painting material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (painting material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (lens material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (case finish material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 4 in; .9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 10.16 cm