Artist
Edward D. RittonAmerican, 1823–1892
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pendant with Carte de Visite
Datec. 1850
MediumSepia on mother-of-pearl, hair, daguerreotype, 12k yellow gold, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 4.1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1732.A,.B
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, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.
"Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire," The Costume Intitute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 21, 2014–February 1, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on the tombstone: "MARY ELISABETH / ...(illegible date ?)
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Unknown
c. 1780–1790
Watercolor and sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1804
James Nixon
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k rose gold, embossed metallic foil, seed pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1611
Unknown
c. 1800–1810
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, mother-of-pearl, glass beads, and glass
2005.1740.A,.B
John Donaldson
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1665
Unknown American
c. 1860
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, mother-of-pearl, and glass
2005.1651
Unknown English
c. 1789
Sepia on ivory, 9k yellow gold, hair, flora, and glass
2005.1704
Unknown Irish
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1598
John Smart
1771
Watercolor on ivory, 15k yellow gold, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1587
Unknown
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, embossed metallic foil, and opaline glass
2005.1659
Unknown
c. 1905
Watercolor on ivory, gold, silver, yellow paste gems, hair, pearls, and glass
2005.1624
William Grimaldi
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 9k rose gold, and glass
2005.1733.A,.B