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  • Portrait of a Girl
Date1840–1845
PlaceUnited States
MediumWatercolor on ivory, gutta percha, velvet, gilt and glass
DimensionsImage: 2 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (6.4 × 5.2 cm)
Frame (closed): 3 × 2 1/2 × 1 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm)
Frame (open): 2 15/16 × 5 1/8 × 1/2 in. (7.5 × 13 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of James Deegan
Object number2008.238
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenancePaula Cartoun, West Redding, Connecticut; Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut; purchased by James Deegan, Houston; given to MFAH, 2008.

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