Artist
Unknown Irish
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
RienziObject Type
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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Unknown English
c. 1789
Sepia on ivory, 9k yellow gold, hair, flora, and glass
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Unknown French
c. 1819
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
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R. Fortin
1791
Watercolor on ivory, base metal, 18k yellow gold, cut steel, hair , and glass
2005.1603
Unknown
c. 1780–1790
Watercolor and sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1804
Unknown
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, embossed metallic foil, and opaline glass
2005.1659
John Donaldson
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1665
James Nixon
c. 1810–1820
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, silver, diamonds, and glass
2005.1616
