American: Artist Unknown

Jacksonian Era Lady Wearing a Brown
Velvet Dress with a Wide Sash and Buckle

American
circa 1840
Artist unknown*

2 x 2 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilded
copper case with a cast foliate border and bail

*The portrait bears no signature, and there are no identifying notes to its reverse, leaving both the artist and the subject unknown. Aspects of the painting resemble the finer work of both Augustus Fuller and Samuel Howes, but it differs enough from both that an attribution to either is difficult to make.