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Oval portrait miniature of a woman in a white bonnet and white shawl, set in a gold frame on a gray background.

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst, portrait miniature

A small oval watercolor portrait on ivory shows a woman in a white bonnet and fichu, her face framed by the bonnet against a muted gray-green background. She looks directly outward, set in a gold oval frame with a ring bail and a rope-pattern border on a gray field.

Artist
James Peale
Date
1790
Medium
Watercolor on ivory (recto), sepia on ivory with human hair (verso), and gold
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2170 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1790).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mary Louise Stevenson Fund

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