Artwork Details
- Title
- Mrs. Nathaniel Parkinson
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Date
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image (oval): 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Keywords
- Dress — accessory — hat
- Portrait female — Parkinson, Nathaniel Mrs. — bust
- Object Number
- 1999.27.10
Artwork Description
This miniature was originally attributed to the artist William Dunlap, but research has since proved this not to be the case. We do not know the life of Mrs. Nathaniel Parkinson, but her cap suggests that this portrait was painted in the first half of the nineteenth century.