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A miniature, oval watercolor presents a bust-length portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress.

A miniature, oval watercolor shows a bust-length portrait of a young woman. Her body is turned slightly to the left, but she looks directly at the viewer. Her light brown hair is pulled smoothly back, but one curling lock falls to the left of her forehead and another crosses diagonally to the right. The girl’s eyes are gray, her lips are red, and her cheeks are pink. Her white dress has long sleeves, a high waistline, and a pleated collar that frames her neck and chin line. The background is painted in shades of light blue and gray.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.35
People
Anson Dickinson, American (Milton, CT 1779 - 1852 Milton, CT)
Title
A Young Lady
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1815
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/323719

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
framed: 8.9 x 7.6 cm (3 1/2 x 3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: engraved verso: Anson Dickinson/pinxit

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [through Christie's, March 20, 1990, lot 112]; to private collector. Sold [through Bonham's, London, November 21, 2007, lot 308]; to Harvard University Art Museums

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Daniel A. Pollack, Class of 1960, American Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.35
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 173, cat. 114, ill.

Exhibition History

  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights
  • Google Art Project

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