Head of a Young Girl

Lucia Fairchild Fuller, Head of a Young Girl, ca. 1900, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 ¹⁄₄ x 2 ³⁄₈ in. (8.3 x 5.9 cm) rectangle, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.46

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Artwork Details

Title: Head of a Young Girl
Artist: Lucia Fairchild Fuller
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 3 ¹⁄₄ x 2 ³⁄₈ in. (8.3 x 5.9 cm) rectangle
Credit Line: Gift of John Gellatly
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait female — unidentified — bust
Object Number: 1929.6.46
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1929.6.46

Artwork Description

The artist chose to place this unknown young lady against an “Oriental” background of tall grass, birds, and a large setting sun. The sitter’s vast puffed sleeves were known as gigot or leg-of-mutton sleeves, which grew to fantastic proportions during the last decade of the nineteenth century.