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Oval portrait miniature of a woman in a white bonnet and white shawl, set in a gold frame on a gray background.

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst

A small oval watercolor portrait on ivory shows a woman in a white bonnet and fichu, her face framed by the bonnet against a muted gray-green background. She looks directly outward, set in a gold oval frame with a ring bail and a rope-pattern border on a gray field.

Artist
James Peale
Date
1790
Medium
Watercolor on ivory (recto), sepia on ivory with human hair (verso), and gold
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2170 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1790).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mary Louise Stevenson Fund

Español: Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst, miniatura de retrato

Un pequeño retrato ovalado en acuarela sobre marfil muestra a una mujer con una cofia blanca y un fichu, su rostro enmarcado por la cofia sobre un fondo gris verdoso y apagado. Mira directamente al espectador, colocada en un marco dorado ovalado con anilla superior y borde de motivo trenzado sobre un campo gris.

Português: Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst, miniatura de retrato

Um pequeno retrato oval em aquarela sobre marfim mostra uma mulher de touca branca e fichu, com o rosto emoldurado pela touca sobre um fundo cinza-esverdeado e discreto. Ela olha diretamente para o observador, inserida em uma moldura dourada oval com alça superior e borda com motivo de cordão sobre um campo cinza.

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