Portrait of Miss T. Bashingfeld
Former TitlePortrait of Miss Bashingfeld
Artist
George Engleheart
(English, 1750 - 1829)
Dateca. 1785
MediumWatercolor on ivory;
Gilt copper alloy case with fausse montre top, gold bezels, blue enamel, pearl bezel, and hair reserve with clear cut stones
DimensionsSight: 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 inches (4.45 × 3.65 cm)
Framed: 3 1/8 × 2 × 1/8 inches (7.94 × 5.08 × 0.32 cm)
Framed: 3 1/8 × 2 × 1/8 inches (7.94 × 5.08 × 0.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/37
InscribedInscribed with monogram on case verso, center: "B"
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DescriptionPortrait miniature of a woman with natural hair wearing a white gown before a sky background.Exhibition HistoryThe Starr Foundation Collection of Miniatures, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, December 8, 1972–January 14, 1973, no cat., no. 72, as Miss T. Bashingfeld.
Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.
Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1971), no. 72, p. 27, (repro.), as Miss T. Bashingfeld.
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John Cox Dillman Engleheart
1802
F58-60/42
