Nancy de Villers

Carolyn D. Tyler, Nancy de Villers, ca. 1900, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.24
Copied Carolyn D. Tyler, Nancy de Villers, ca. 1900, watercolor on ivory, 2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (7.4 x 5.4 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.24

Artwork Details

Title
Nancy de Villers
Artist
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (7.4 x 5.4 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait female — child — bust
  • Portrait female — Villers, Nancy, de — bust
Object Number
1959.7.24
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1959.7.24

Artwork Description

Beyond her name, we know nothing about Nancy de Villers. There are records of a de Villers family in Oswegatchie and Ogdensburg, New York, but there is no evidence of a woman who would have been the right age for this portrait.