Portrait Miniature
date: label: date made
content: late 18th to early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: An oval watercolor half length portrait of a man in frock coat and a frill shirt. The painting is painted on a paper-thin oval of ivory. The miniature is set in an oval case of wood interior covered with green fabric, the exterior is a deep red colored leather, and it has a lid with a broken hinge and hook.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.62.0553
label: catalog number
content: 62.0553
label: accession number
content: 220760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Other Terms
content: Painting; Pictures; Portrait
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (image material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (image material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, storage box: 1 1/4 in x 10 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 25.7175 cm x 15.5575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, painting: 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 6.0325 cm