Brooch
- Title:
- Franklin Pierce
- Object Name:
- Brooch
- Object ID:
- 1893.001.06
- Creator:
- Potter, Frances McNeil (1820-1892)
- Date:
- circa 1869
- Description:
- Miniature portrait of Franklin Pierce, by Frances McNeil Potter (1820-1892), c. 1869. Watercolor on ivory. Bust-length portrait of man, facing left. Sitter has brownish gray hair with side part; wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and black stock with bow. Gray hatched background. Engraved on reverse: "Franklin Pierce / Obit 1869 / F. McNeill Potter". Gold case, convex reverse with pin, glazed.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Ivory
Metal
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-1.8 W-1.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Frances McNeil Potter
- Subjects:
- Pierce, Franklin
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