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George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1785–90, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a gold and copper alloy pin-back case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, pearls, and beads on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in. (4.9 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.22
George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman (verso), ca. 1785–90, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a gold and copper alloy pin-back case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, pearls, and beads on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in. (4.9 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.22
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George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1785–90

Artist George Engleheart (English, 1750–1829)
Title Portrait of a Woman
Object Date ca. 1785–90
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Gold and copper alloy pin-back case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, pearls, and beads on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass
Dimensions 1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in. (4.9 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.22

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4520

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

With Leo Schidlof, London, summer 1949 [1];

Purchased from Schidlof by Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, summer 1949–August 7, 1958;

Their gift, through the Starr Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO, to the Philbrook Art Center, now Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1958.

Notes

[1] As recorded in the deed of gift and the Philbrook Museum of Art object and donor files. Austrian art dealer Leo Schidlof (1886–1966) directed an auction house and galleries in Vienna and Paris in the early twentieth century. In 1946, Schidlof moved to London, where he died in 1966. An expert on portrait miniatures, Schidlof published The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries (Graz) in 1964.

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George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1785–90, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a gold and copper alloy pin-back case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, pearls, and beads on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in. (4.9 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.22
George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman (verso), ca. 1785–90, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a gold and copper alloy pin-back case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, pearls, and beads on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in. (4.9 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.22
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