Portrait of a Young Girl

Thomas Seir Cummings, Portrait of a Young Girl, ca. 1830, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1982.98.1
Copied Thomas Seir Cummings, Portrait of a Young Girl, ca. 1830, watercolor on ivory, sight 1 3⁄4 x 1 1⁄2 in. (4.4 x 3.8 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1982.98.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Young Girl
Artist
Date
ca. 1830
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 1 3⁄4 x 1 1⁄2 in. (4.4 x 3.8 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait female — unidentified — child
Object Number
1982.98.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1982.98.1

Artwork Description

The young girl in this painting wears a black gown with puffed or “melon” sleeves. Fashionable ladies sometimes inflated these with removable down-filled pillows.