This miniature portrait is signed "M I Blood", but no record of the artist has been found. Judging by the design of the case, it may be South American. The sitter is unknown. 974.
This is one of over a dozen American portraits in the collection, from around 1830-35, all depicting young ladies wearing a "little black dress", and thus indicating the 19C origin of the proverbial fashion item, of a "little black dress" usually claimed as being in the 1920's.
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