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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A collection of costumes on talc (mica) sheets.

Accession number
PML 252791
Published
19th century?
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Housed in gray cloth slipcase.
Description
11 paintings
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Summary
Ten round mica sheets of various 17th century costumes to be used on a 1/2 length portrait of a woman, painted on vellum, in a pink and blue dress looking left, mounted into circular ivory case with a rose carved onto the front cover (diameter: 44 mm).
Classification
Department