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Girl in Blue
Girl in Blue
Artist (American)

Girl in Blue

Datec. 1850
DimensionsSight: 3 × 2 5/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 cm)
Object numberN0100.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe alert perky expression on this sitter's face, and the technique of rendering the entire likeness in blue, including the oval border, may be helpful in identifying other works by this unidentified miniaturist.
ProvenanceFound in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lipman, Wilton, Connecticut; Mr. Stephen C. Clark, Sr., Cooperstown, New York
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, "Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown: NYSHA, 1987, p. 209, illus. as no. 153 on p. 209.
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