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Hope

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Round silver pendant with a black and white illustration. The illustration depicts a woman in a white dress standing next to a table. The woman has short curly hair and rests her right arm on a box. Her left hand rests on a table holding an anchor. The woman has wings protruding from her back. A ship and a partial view of a rocky shoreline are on her left. A tree is on her right. The image is titled "Hope". The artist is Thomas Kitchener.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
498 × 624 px
Museum record:
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