Friendship or Romance Allegory Artist: Unknown

ca. 1785–90

American Paintings and Sculpture

Not on view


This romantic allegory in miniature is typical of the late eighteenth century. Such miniatures frequently celebrated a secret love. Lovers sealed their commitment not by publicly exchanging marital vows but by privately exchanging miniatures.

Medium

Dissolved hair on ivory

Dimensions

15/16 × 1/2 in. (2.4 × 1.3 cm)

Credit Line

Lelia A. and John Hill Morgan, B.A. 1893, LL.B. 1896, M.A. (Hon.) 1929, Collection

Accession Number

1951.44.1

Culture
Period

18th century

Classification
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Bibliography
  • Robin Jaffee Frank, Love and Loss: American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2000), 28, 29, fig. 18
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Object/Work type

miniatures (paintings), stickpins

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