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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 19th century, ivory, overall: 1/4 x 1/2 in. (0.6 x 1.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 54.128.2

Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 19th century

Artist Unknown (British)
Title Eye Miniature
Object Date early 19th century
Medium Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 1/4 x 1/2 in. (0.6 x 1.4 cm)
Credit Line The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 54.128.2

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4404

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1954;

Their gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1954.

Exhibitions

The Eighteenth-Century Woman, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 12, 1981–September 5, 1982, unnumbered.

European Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 5, 1996–January 5, 1997, no. 291(2).

References

The Eighteenth-Century Woman, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981), 60.

Graham Reynolds, with the assistance of Katharine Baetjer, European Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 128, 201, no. 291(2), (repro.).

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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 19th century, ivory, overall: 1/4 x 1/2 in. (0.6 x 1.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 54.128.2