Elizabeth Du Hamel?
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Elizabeth Du Hamel?

Henry Jacob Burch, Jr., English, born 1763-died after 1834 · ca. 1805

watercolor on ivory
Smithsonian American Art Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Little is known about the artist Henry Jacob Burch, and it is unclear whether this young lady is English, French, or American. On the back of the locket is a floral design, made from the sitter’s hair.

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