Rebecca Spooner Green
ArtistMade by
Unknown
Dateabout 1800
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in wooden frame with metal and paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of image): 3 x 2 1/2in. (7.6 x 6.4cm)
Frame (height x width): 5 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14 x 11.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1969.19.1
DescriptionBust-length miniature portrait of an elderly woman facing to her left. She has gray eyes and wears a white bonnet with black ribbon, white pearls around lower neck and a black dress with white collar. Set in brass oval, which is set into black wood frame with brass clip and loop at top for suspension. Back of frame is covered with brown paper, handwritten across back in ink, "Rebecca Spooner - /wife of /Timothy Green /born Aug 2nd 1743 /died Feb 8th 1806".
Status
Not on view
