Images(2)

Young Girl Holding a Book

Painter Mrs. Clarissa Peters (Mrs. Moses B.) Russell (American, 1808–1854)

Dateca. 1840

Place createdUnited States, North America

Mediumwatercolor on ivory

Dimensions2 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.5 × 5.4 cm)
Case: 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (7 × 6 cm)

ClassificationsMiniatures (portraits)

DepartmentAmerican Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings

Credit LineCentennial Gift of the Fleischmann Foundation

Accession Number1981.641

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