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Engraving

Title:
Flora MacIvor
Object Name:
Engraving
Object ID:
2010.501.0693
Description:
Engraving. Portrait of Flora MacIvor. Woman, facing right, her right elbow is resting on a windowsill, her right hand brushing her hair back along her temple. Left hand is resting on her lap, holding a needle and thread. Woman is wearing a heavy black dress with a low collar that hangs about her shoulders, white trim around the low top and sleeve cuffs. Hair is in curls. Sitting by an open window. Shutter has twin pointed arch design on it. curtains hanging behind woman to the right. Trees, leaves and clouds visible through the window. White fabric resting on windowsill and subjects lap. "FLORA MAC IVOR." printed below. "Waverley Vol 2 Chap 68 p 380" written at bottom in pencil.

NOTE: Flora MacIvor is a fictional character from the novel "Waverley" by Sir Walter Scott, written in 1814.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-11.1 W-7.5 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Literature, Romanticism
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