Miss Georgette Bickley

Alma Hirsig Bliss, Miss Georgette Bickley, 1933, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 ¹⁄₄ x 1 ⁵⁄₈ in. (5.7 x 4.1 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters, 1965.30.5

Artwork Details

Title: Miss Georgette Bickley
Artist: Alma Hirsig Bliss
Date: 1933
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 2 ¹⁄₄ x 1 ⁵⁄₈ in. (5.7 x 4.1 cm) oval
Credit Line: Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait female — Bickley, Georgette — bust
Object Number: 1965.30.5
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.30.5

Artwork Description

There is no record of a Miss Georgette Bickley living in New York during the 1930s, when this portrait was painted. It might be an image of Miss Georgiabell Bickley, member of a wealthy New York family, who married Dr. Paul Melbourne Read in 1934. Nothing more is known, however, about this young society matron and her husband.