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George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1785–90, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass with a braided hair border set into a partial metal case, 2 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.2 x .3 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.5

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 Braided hair border set into a partial metal case
Dimensions 2 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.2 x .3 cm)
Credit Line Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.5

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4516

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

With the Art Trading Company, New York, by 1958 [1];

Purchased from the Art Trading Company by Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 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, August 7, 1958.

Notes

[1] As recorded in the deed of gift and the Philbrook Museum of Art object file. The Art Trading Company and Snyderman Gallery marketed themselves using both names at the same address and were likely managed by the same person, I. Snyderman. They advertised miniatures, as well as gold and enameled boxes, in The Art News and also specified in the phone book that they sold coins. The Starrs mention both the Art Trading Company and “Snyderman’s” in the provenance records for their collection. They list this miniature as being purchased from the Art Trading Company.

References

Manhattan Telephone Directory 1959–1960 (New York: New York Telephone Company, 1959).

The Art News 37, no. 4 (May 27, 1939): 28.

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George Engleheart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1785–90, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass with a braided hair border set into a partial metal case, 2 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.2 x .3 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.5