Charlotte Jones
Bracelet with Portrait of Joseph Foster Barham

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Artistattributed to Charlotte Jones(British, 1768–1847)British, 1768–1847

CultureEnglish

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Bracelet with Portrait of Joseph Foster Barham

Datec. 1790–1795

MediumWatercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, and glass

DimensionsImage sight: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm)
Bracelet: 2 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/8 in. (6.4 × 7 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross

Object number2005.1663

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

MINIATURE (PORTRAITS)

DescriptionJoseph Foster Barham, whose portrait is featured on this bracelet, married Lady Caroline Tufton in 1792 and this miniature was likely made to commemorate the event. Foster Barham inherited considerable estates in the West Indies, England, and Wales. His Jamaican plantations were the source of much of his wealth but, due to the slave labor, also moral anguish. A member of parliament, he later become a supporter of William Wilberforce’s attempts to secure the abolition of the slave trade.

Provenance[John Jaffa Antiques, London]; purchased by Caroline Ross, February, 1997; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.

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