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Very small, rectangular form showing a man (one of a pair, other is of a woman). The man is facing the right- shows his head and shoulders, his brown hair is tousled and brushed forward; wearing a black, high-collared coat with a yellow vest and buttons; and a pleated shirt with buttons and a small bowknit tie. The picture has a filligree pewter frame with a crown at the top. There is no glass and it is held in by pewter brads on the back of the frame.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolors (paintings)
filigree enameling
ink
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
pewter (tin alloy)
watercolor (paint)
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
Pewter
Filigree
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Watercolor
Painted
Man
PICTURE, MINIATURE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4.5 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1406.1
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Accession Number
Title Accession Number
Title Watercolor Accession Number 1991.1406.2
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