Portrait of a Woman

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Portrait of a Woman
Datec. 1800–1810
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, mother-of-pearl, glass beads, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 11/16 × 2 1/16 × 3/8 in. (6.8 × 5.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1740.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.

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Portrait of a Woman
c. 1900–1920
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, hair, seed pearls, enamel, and glass
2005.1641
front and back of object
William Grimaldi
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 9k rose gold, and glass
2005.1733.A,.B
Arthur Freeman
John Smart
1771
Watercolor on ivory, 15k yellow gold, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1587
Pendant with Silhouette
John Field
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1702
Portrait of a Woman
Richard Cosway
c. 1785
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, seed pearls, enamel, and glass
2005.1585
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James Nixon
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k rose gold, embossed metallic foil, seed pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1611
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c. 1810–1820
Watercolor on ivory, 10k rose gold, pearls, hair, metallic embossed foil, and opaline glass
2005.1654
Portrait of a Man
J. T. Beaumont
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 10k rose gold, seed pearls, hair, guilloché enamel, and glass
2005.1640
Portrait of a Woman
c. 1905
Watercolor on ivory, gold, silver, yellow paste gems, hair, pearls, and glass
2005.1624
Portrait of a Woman
Andrew Plimer
c. 1785
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, hair, embossed metallic foil, and glass
2005.1618
Portrait of a Woman
Thomas Hazelhurst
c. 1800
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, hair, and glass
2005.1615
Pendant
c. 1800
Watercolor on ivory, hair, split pearls, 9k rose gold, and glass
2005.1734