Artist:Eliab Metcalf
Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens
Dates:ca. 1822
Dimensions: Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) Backing Card: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm) Liner & lens: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
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Museum Location: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 20.962
Image: 20.962_PS2.jpg,
Catalogue Description: This object is a disassembled miniature consisting of: the portrait (watercolor on an oval sheet of ivory glued to paper), backing paper cut from the artist's business card, and the metal liner and glass lens which were part of the now-lost original housing (most likely, a locket). There is a faint graphite tracing of the sitter's head and an illegible inscription on the verso of the portrait.