Portrait of a Lady
Unidentified
ca. 1780
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1979.153.2
Tags
head
About this artwork
Set in a locket, this mourning miniature holds the memory of a womanâs beauty and elegance. Feathers and a string of navy beads accent her hair, which is styled in the manner of late-eighteenth-century British aristocrats. The portraitâs somber mood conveys the familyâs grief after the loss of a loved one.
About the Artist
Unidentified ( ) · –