Unidentified girl

Waldo, Samuel Lovett (1783–1861) (attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

19th century

Height:

11.2 cm  (4 7/16 in.)

Width:

9.5 cm  (3 3/4 in.)

Signature: [on obverse, lower right]: SAMUEL L. WALDO. Inscription: [on verso of wood panel, written in ink in a later hand]: Elizabeth Quincy Smith

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Description

A female child standing next to a miniature-sized melodeon, pressing a key. the instrument has a lyre-base made up of facing C-scrolls. Music is on the stand (not legible).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Melodion [6548] (The instrument is in the rococo-revival style of the 1850s.)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

The painting is a companion-piece of "Unidentified woman" also at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) accession number 38.146.5. Although the back of that painting is written "Elizabeth Quincy/Smith" it has not been possible to verify the identity of the subject.

RIdIM record id

3204