Mourning Miniature for "JB"

Unknown Artist

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Unknown Artist. Mourning Miniature for "JB", ca. 1797. Watercolor on ivory mounted in wood frame with glass lens, Image (sight): 2 7/16 x 2 7/16 in. (6.2 x 6.2 cm) Frame: 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.5 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.963. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Mourning Miniature for "JB"

Date

ca. 1797

Medium

Watercolor on ivory mounted in wood frame with glass lens

Classification

Portrait, Miniatures

Dimensions

Image (sight): 2 7/16 x 2 7/16 in. (6.2 x 6.2 cm) Frame: 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.5 x 9.5 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Inscriptions

Inscribed on tomb: "JP [in monogram] / OB AUGUST / 15 1797 AE / 11 YEArs. 6 months"

Credit Line

Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett

Accession Number

20.963

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