Sarah Cary Fairfax

Status

Not on view

Datec. 1774-1785

Attribution Samuel Shelley (1756 - 1808)

Subject Sarah Cary Fairfax (1735 - 1811)

Geography Painted - England

Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on ivory, gold

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 in. × 1 1/4 in. (3.81 cm × 3.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. David Nelson of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2017 Conservation courtesy of Dr. David Nelson

Object numberM-5554

DescriptionVertically oriented bust length portrait of full faced woman; her shoulders are turned slightly to proper left, her head slightly to proper right, looking directly at viewer. She has brown hair, dressed high on her head, and she wears a white cap trimmed with lace ruffles, black ribbon choker, white kerchief, and reddish brown bodice. The miniature is mounted in a gold setting with gold plated chain added at the top.

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