Portrait of a lady (with pearl necklace and hair ornament)
Medium
miniature: watercolour with touches of white gouache over traces of pencil on ivory
Measurements
(7.5 × 5.4 cm) (oval) 9.0 × 5.6 cm (frame) (oval)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
stamped into side of frame: (anchor)|ST6|C (in a rectangle)
Accession Number
1509-D3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
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