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miniatures (paintings)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Paintings on a very small scale. The term is often applied specifically to small scenes in illuminated manuscripts or to portraits on vellum or ivory that were popular in Europe and America from the Renaissance into the 19th century. For paintings in manuscripts, the term "illuminations" may also be appropriate.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Levy family miniature portraits

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1099
Abstract

Two miniature portraits of Chapman Levy, a Jewish lawyer, legislator, and landowner from South Carolina and later Mississippi. Also included are portraits of his mother, Sarah Moses Levy, and his sister, Eliza Levy Anderson.

Dates: circa 1789, circa 1835