Pamelia Hill - portrait of Eliza Cabot Blanchard

used a device that projected the subject's images onto paper and then

portraits were probably made by reversing the process

the size of ds is

sideways part watermark on ds 1518

holes similar to those on cat see the images further below

bottom right

re-positioning being selected to give a better balance. it is also likely any fake would seek to show the signature in the same

than bottom right. i do not know where that version

in half

miniatures are the same size. the portrait is a little

more complete

his hair leans a different way

covered pigtail is more clearly seen in the attached

nyhs st memin chief of the little osages

in referring to the catalogue

as a final

chalk

st-memin

were traced

er portrait by copying the larger portraits

.5 inches

in)

in)

in)

down from larger

when held to the

identical

the six smaller portraits above are

watercolours

looking through the catalogue i see indian

portraits in and chalk

in

chalk. i am inclined to the opinion that the

nyhs version was a preliminary portrait

version in and

version in and chalk

the

signature

appears similar to genuine items

signature is often the last item to consider in

attributing an artwork.the signature in at the extreme

position as on the christies version

christies

i note another version of

the portrait at

this has marginally less detail than ds 1518

similar signature

currently resides

interestingly it is reportedly

in by 7.7in

the version here

it was offered by christies as lot 215 on 30 january

reverse of ds

allowing

image

accordingly

impertinent

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presumably nyhs has

the same sitter? i sense is related

uncle

older than

apart from different clothing

shorter

version of 161

uncovered