Pendant with Portrait of a Woman

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Pendant with Portrait of a Woman
Datec. 1780–1790
MediumWatercolor and sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 1 1/8 × 1/4 in. (5.1 × 2.9 × .6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1804
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.

"In Twilight: Mourning Costume and Customs, 1776–1914," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 1, 2019–January 5, 2020.

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Brooch
1785
Sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1789
front and back of pendant
Edward D. Ritton
c. 1850
Sepia on mother-of-pearl, hair, daguerreotype, 12k yellow gold, and glass
2005.1732.A,.B
Ring
1789
Sepia on ivory, 10k rose gold, hair, and glass
2005.1776
front and back of object
William Grimaldi
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 9k rose gold, and glass
2005.1733.A,.B
Portrait of Allegorical Figures
c. 1789
Sepia on ivory, 9k yellow gold, hair, flora, and glass
2005.1704
Box with Portrait of a Boy
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1598
Brooch with Portrait of a Man
W. H.
c. 1840
Watercolor on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1655
Stickpin
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1768
Brooch
c. 1785–1800
Sepia on ivory, hair, 18k yellow gold, enamel, and glass
2005.1735
Ring
1782
Sepia on ivory, 14k rose gold, hair, and glass
2005.1756
Pendant
c. 1750
Sepia on ivory, gold, hair, and glass
2005.1805
Portrait of a Woman
c. 1819
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1648