Title

Eagle Portrait

Datemid 19th Century

Mediumwhale ivory

Dimensions2 1/8 × 5 5/8 in. (5.4 × 14.3 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1637

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionRecto: Monochrome half-length portrait of a woman, low neckline, puff sleeves, hands cupped in front of her; in frame. Verso: Monochrome spread eagle with red highlights, holding in its beak a riband inscribed "E PLURIBUS / UNUM"; arrows in left talons; USA shield; in frame. This is one of the defining, characteristic type-specimen works of the Eagle Portraitist.ProvenanceMaggs Bros., London, June 1966 (acquired with S-1164)

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