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Title: Catalogue of paintings and drawings.
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Worcester Art Museum
Subjects: Art Catalogs
Publisher: Worchester, Massachusetts
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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oung woman with curls ofgolden brown. The colour of the hair finds an echo in the richgold of the chair upon which the left arm rests. Tliere is aslightly arrogant tilt to the head and considerable animationin the face. On the left of the picture is a column, partly hiddenby a curtain, and the suggestion of a brilliant sunset. Thecolour is highly keyed for this period and phase of portraiture.The figure in white against the background of varying tonesof red makes an effective design. The picture follows withsuccess the conventional ideas of the eighteenth century portraitpainters in technique, colour, and composition. Oil on canvas. 36 inches by 29 inches III
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^^.^,,00^ 4 112 ENGLISH AXD AMERICAN PORTRAIT MINIAriRRS I.i;jhteenth and Xincteentli Cenluiics It Is believed that the first real portrait miniatures originatedin the beginning of the fourteenth century, and since then therehas always been considerable activit) in this branch of art, someperiods being more distinguished than others. Miniature paint-ing flourished in both the seventeenth and eighteenth centuriesin England. In the latter period Richard Cosvvay stands outconspicuous!), but there are many other artists of importance,both men and women. America also had its number of painters inthe eighteenth century, and the art has been more or less con-tinued since then. The ^^orcester collection is composed of examples of theeighteenth and nineteenth centuries, English and American,Including Richard Cosway, Malbone, Savage, Hone, Plimer,Fulton and others. 1. FULTOX, ROBERT, American 1765-1815 PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL BEACH Miniature on ivory, i^ inches by i^g inches 2. MALBOXE, EDWARD GREEX

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