Box with Portrait of a Boy

CultureIrish
Titles
  • Box with Portrait of a Boy
Datec. 1790
MediumSepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 3 × 3 in. (3.2 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1598
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Augustus Decorative Arts. Limited,, New York]; purchased by Caroline Ross, May 5, 2002; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription surmounting the portrait: "FROM A FRIEND THE LITTLE BOY YOU HONOUR WITH AFFECTION"

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