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Carolyn D. Tyler, Nancy de Villers, ca. 1900, watercolor on ivory, 2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (7.4 x 5.4 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.24
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Nancy de Villers
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (7.4 x 5.4 cm) oval
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Keywords
- Portrait female — child — bust
- Portrait female — Villers, Nancy, de — bust
- Object Number
- 1959.7.24
Artwork Description
Beyond her name, we know nothing about Nancy de Villers. There are records of a de Villers family in Oswegatchie and Ogdensburg, New York, but there is no evidence of a woman who would have been the right age for this portrait.