Portrait miniature of John W. Griggs
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description
content: Oval bust-length portrait of a man with hazel eyes and dark hair graying at the temple, turned and looking to the viewer's left. He wears a white wingtip collar, white-dotted maroon knotted tie with gold stick pin, and gray buttoned coat. Brown to gray-blue shaded background; light is from left. Signed near center right. Modern housing includes a shallow convex lens and matte gilt case with rounded bezel and ball-and-ring hanger; case reverse is covered in blue velvet with two circles of red velvet. Case not original. Hangs in a red velvet-covered display frame fitted to hold eight miniatures, 1989.0343.16-.23.
label: Description
content: Artist is Isabelle Victoria Hayward (1868-1967) of New York, NY, and Paterson (Manchester), Passaic, NJ.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
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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: 1989.0343.23
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0343.23
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: Physical Description
content: velvet (case backing material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 6.985 cm x 11.1125 cm