Miniature

Museum number:
7-3199
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
France
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3199, described as Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3199, described as Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3199, described as Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3199, described as Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3199, described as Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3199, described as Miniature; Western European lady with V-necked blue dress with white lace insert, white lace scarf over head, single strand pearl necklace with six pendant pearls, pearl drop earring. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved brass frame with top hanging ring. Scarlet silk glued on back of miniature. Possibly Paula Borghese. Duchess of Lucca, sister of Napoleon. Probable wall hanging. 10.89 x 8.1 cm.

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