Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1966.030.46
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1820
- Description:
- Portrait of unidentified woman, unknown artist, 1820. Watercolor on paper. Bust-length profile portrait of a woman, facing right. Sitter has brown hair combed back with large knot at back of head, curls laying flat on forehead, brown eyes and lashes, red lips. Ruching at neck edged with white lines. Gilded gesso over oval wood frame with four raised rosettes, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.8 W-5.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Rogers Collection -- a gift (and later bequest) of Josephine Rogers, given in memory of her husband, Harry K. Rogers. Consists of a large collection of New Hampshire glass, parian ware, furniture, and other decorative arts. This accession includes: furniture, glass, tie-backs, mirror knobs, miscellaneous brass hardware and articles. Many of the pieces in the Rogers collection was acquired locally (Suncook, NH) from estate sales/auctions or dealers, and used to furnish their Suncook, NH, home.
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers
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