Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
Title
Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
Date
ca. 1825
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description
N-YHS Museum Collection
Portrait miniature of Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829); watercolor and gouache on ivory, framed in a wooden backboard with a stamped gilded copper bezel; an oval inscribed backing card is visible under heavy mylar in the back of the frame; the oval is secured by the bezel teeth; the inscription reads "Eupemia / -Niece and adopted / daughter of Pierre / Touissant - born in / 1815 - died in 1829.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Georgina Schuyler
Object Number
1920.6
Gallery Label
The subject was the niece and adopted daughter of Pierre Toussaint, a Haitian slave who became a hairdresser in New York City. Both her mother Rosalie and her uncle Pierre had been brought to New York from Haiti about 1787 by their master, Jean B
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
