Portrait of a Lady

Alfred T. Agate, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1840, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.7.4
Alfred T. Agate, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1840, watercolor on ivory, 3 7⁄8 x 3 in. (10.0 x 7.6 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.7.4
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Lady
Artist
Date
ca. 1840
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3 7⁄8 x 3 in. (10.0 x 7.6 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — unidentified — bust
Object Number
1944.7.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1944.7.4

Artwork Description

The lady in this portrait wears a hairstyle fashionable with the young during the 1840s and 1850s. It is parted smoothly in the middle with tight clusters of curls over each ear.

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Frank C. Kirk, Up the Hudson, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frank Cohen Kirk, 1964.19.6
Up the Hudson
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view
Frank C. Kirk, Harbor at Rockport, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frank Cohen Kirk, 1964.19.1
Harbor at Rockport
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view
Frank C. Kirk, Twin Shacks in Winter, ca. 1920-1963, oil on paperboard: canvas board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frank Cohen Kirk, 1964.19.4
Twin Shacks in Winter
Artist
Dateca. 1920-1963
oil on paperboard: canvas board
Not on view
Frank C. Kirk, Industry, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frank Cohen Kirk, 1964.19.3
Industry
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view