Portrait of a Young Girl
Thomas Seir Cummings
ca. 1830
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1982.98.1
Tags
child
About this artwork
The young girl in this painting wears a black gown with puffed or âmelonâ sleeves. Fashionable ladies sometimes inflated these with removable down-filled pillows.
About the Artist
Thomas Seir Cummings · 1804–1894
American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey