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Bears, Orlando Hand,
Portrait female -- Bears, Moses, Mrs. (Miranda Gibbs)
Dress -- Accessory
Painting
Miniature
Miniature of Miranda Gibbs Bears, (painting).
Artist:
Bears, Orlando Hand, 1812-1851, painter.
Title:
Miniature of Miranda Gibbs Bears, (painting).
Dates:
1842.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Description:
Miniature portrait of the artist's mother with her body facing forward and her gaze directed toward the viewer. She wears a black dress with a white lace collar, and on her head she wears a ruffled white lace bonnet.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Bears, Moses, Mrs. (Miranda Gibbs) -- Bust.
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Painting
Miniature
Owner:
Dickinson, Mildred,
Remarks:
Miranda Gibbs Bears was born in Sag Harbor, the daughter of the schoolmaster David Gibbs. She married Moses Bears on July 10, 1810.
References:
Lawson, Pamela Vail, Sag Harbor Historical Society, Sag Harbor, New York, 2008.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 78440004
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