Portrait of a Lady

Samuel Percy Irish

late 18th century

Not on view

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Title: Portrait of a Lady
Artist: Samuel Percy (Irish, 1750–1820, active England 1772)
Date: late 18th century
Culture: British, London
Medium: Colored wax on glass over tinted paper; frame: black wood with gilded moldings and glass
Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1930
Object Number: 39.180.1
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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