Box 1

Scope and Contents

Measures 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 inches. Portrait is painted in watercolor on ivory support, artist unknown. Framed in a simple metal locket-style case, it has a rear reserve that contains the image of a woman at a plinth topped with a dove. The rear memento is painted in mono chrome watercolor (sepia tone) with chopped hair on an ivory support. The case has a separate front bezel that contains a convex cover glass. A simple ring for hanging is attached at the top.

Scope and Contents Measures 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 inches. Portrait is painted in watercolor on an ivory support, artist unknown. Framed in a simple burnished bezel case, it has a hair reserve on the rear, which contains a painted memento of a rosebush on an ivory support. One blossom and one bud grow on the bush. The painted ground beneath the bush incorporates small pieces of human hair. Remarkably, Sarah Moses Levy, who poses in a lace cap and collar, wears the miniature of her son, Chapman, the same that is found...

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Measures 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches. Portrait is painted in watercolor, artist unknown. Framed in a red oval leather case with a silk lining. A partial inscription "Col. Chapman---" is written in ink on the silk lining of the lid.

Scope and Contents

Measures 3 x 2 3/8 inches. Portrait is painted in watercolor on ivory support, artist unknown. Framed in an oval red leather case with a silk lining with an inscription "My Mother" in ink on the lining lid.