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Mrs. Nathaniel Bowen (Margaret Blake)

Jean Francois de la Vallee

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The portrait is an oval miniature painting. The woman in the portrait has fair skin and reddish-brown hair pulled back with loose curls framing her face. She wears a white dress with a ruffled collar and a layered necklace. The background of the portrait is muted brown. The oval portrait has a gold frame. The portrait is mounted on a black background with a gold acorn-shaped brooch at the top. The brooch has leaves and an acorn.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
487 × 624 px
Museum record:
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