Sweet Seventeen.

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840

PublisherPublished by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 x 7 1/4in. (20.3 x 18.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 3/16 x 8 1/4in. (25.9 x 21cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young woman is seated on a couch or sofa. Her right arm leans on a large pillow with a tassel on it. She is looking at a locket that she wears around her neck on a cord, which she is holding in her right hand. The locket consists of a painted miniature portrait of a young man. The woman wears a dress with a wide neckline and collar, balloon sleeves, and a wide belt with a buckle. A bracelet on her left wrist is worn over an undersleeve. A narrow band with a small diamond-shaped bead is around her forehead.

Object number2004.118.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "SWEET SEVENTEEN."

On verso of mount, in pencil: upper left, "Box 29 / #5"; lower right, accession number.

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