Portrait of Anna Walmesley
1795
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1795
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A young woman in a white dress looks straight at you, her dark curls framing a pale face. Tiny pearls glint in her ears and at her throat. The background is a soft, warm blur. Plimer painted miniatures—tiny portraits you could carry in a locket. This one is only about three inches tall. His brother, Nathaniel, also painted miniatures, and the two learned the craft in unusual ways, including living with Gypsies for a time. To see more small, detailed portraits like this, look up england, 18th century.
