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Woman in a Red Dress
1821
Anna Claypoole Peale
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1791
Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1878
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.7 x 6.3 cm) oval
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
1999.27.29
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center
This miniature is housed in an elegant red leather case with a green velvet lining, colors that compliment the sitter’s pale complexion and richly colored gown. Although the cut of her bodice is more restrained than an English dress might be, the sitter wears her hair piled high and curled in ringlets around her face, like many English women of the day.
For more information about this work visit the Luce Foundation Center.
Keywords
Portrait female - unidentified - bust
painting - miniature
paint - watercolor
ivory
About Anna Claypoole Peale
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1791 Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1878
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