Portrait of a Man and a Woman

c. 1850

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image depicts a portrait of a person in a small locket. The portrait shows the person from the shoulders up, facing the viewer with a slight angle. The individual has fair skin, dark hair styled neatly around the head, and is wearing a dark garment with a white lace collar. The person has gold earrings and a jeweled brooch at the neck. The portrait is encased in an ornate round metal frame with a floral or leaf design, with a hinged metal cover opened to reveal the portrait. The background of the portrait is plain, and the locket is set against a black background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 daguerreotypes with applied color in a brass locket

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 2.8 × 2.8 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
    overall (locket closed): 5.5 × 3.9 × 0.4 cm (2 3/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.86.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Greg French, Jamaica Plain, MA), 2009; NGA purchase 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inside of locket opposite portrait of man, lower center engraved: [illegible initials]

Wikidata ID

Q64144721

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