Bibliograph

Love and loss, American portrait and mourning miniatures, Robin Jaffee Frank

Type

Label

Love and loss, American portrait and mourning miniatures, Robin Jaffee Frank

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Love and loss

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

43977811

Responsibility statement

Robin Jaffee Frank

Review

"Portrait miniatures, small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, are unique among works of art for their highly personal associations. At the height of their American popularity, from 1760 to about 1840, these cherished portraits were frequently commissioned as a way to hold on to absent loved ones. This illustrated book reproduces and discusses some 100 portrait and mourning miniatures. Robin Jaffee Frank examines the miniatures in detail, offering new insights into their role in American art and social history. Through painstaking detective work, she uncovers the stories of the people who sat for them and the people who treasured them, restoring to these intimate tokens their power to move us."

Sub title

American portrait and mourning miniatures

Table Of Contents

Public display of private devotion -- The first American miniaturists -- Miniatures and the young Republic -- "Not lost but gone before" -- The heyday of the American miniature -- The miniature in the public eye -- "Like a bird before a snake": the miniature and the photograph

Target audience

adult

Classification