A PAIR OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES
Watercolor on Ivory
American
Attributed to Abijah Canfield (1769-1830)
1 5/8” D 6” x 6” overall
This pair of allegorical images of Lady Liberty can be attributed to Canfield based on a signed miniature and a larger similar patriotic image in the collection of the Henry Ford Museum. Both are loosely based on the 1796 print by Edward Savage of Liberty in the Form of the Goddess of Youth….
