Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890-1920
notes: label: Description
content: Oval bust-length portrait of a man with blue eyes and white powdered hair pulled back in a queue, turned to the viewer's right as he gazes upward. He wears a white lace-edged stock, green waistcoat and jacket, and purple cloak or robe draped over his shoulders. Brown-shaded green background; light is from right. Not signed. Ivory- and dark wood-covered rectangular frame with beveled oval opening and triangular hanger is backed with browned paper printed in Latin. Inscribed at top left on reverse "(?)llogart" and "£8.50".
label: Description
content: Portrait is a hand-painted photogravure.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1989.0343.24
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0343.24
label: accession number
content: 1989.0343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (portrait material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (portrait material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (lens material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (bezel material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (backing material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 4 in x 4 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 10.16 cm x 12.065 cm