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Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775–80, watercolor on ivory, sight: 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 2.4 cm), framed: 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.5 x 2.9 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/94

Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775–80

Artist Unknown (English/Irish)
Former Attribution James Nixon (English, ca. 1741–1812)
Title Portrait of a Woman
Object Date ca. 1775–80
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Gilt copper alloy bracelet clasp
Dimensions Sight: 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 2.4 cm)
Framed: 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.5 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/94

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1662

Citation

Chicago:

Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, “Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775–80,” documentation in Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Blythe Sobol, and Maggie Keenan, The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 1500–1850: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, vol. 3, ed. Aimee Marcereau DeGalan (Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2024), https://doi.org/10.37764/8322.5.1662.

MLA:

Marcereau DeGalan, Aimee. “Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775–80,” documentation. Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Blythe Sobol, and Maggie Keenan. The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 1500–1850: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, edited by Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, vol. 3, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2024. doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1662.

Catalogue Entry

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Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

References

Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1971), no. 153, p. 53, (repro.), as Unknown Lady.

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Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775–80, watercolor on ivory, sight: 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 2.4 cm), framed: 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.5 x 2.9 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/94