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Eye

c. 1930
(American, 1860–1952)
America
watercolor on ivory
Diameter of frame: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr 1961.330
Location: not on view
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Eye miniatures are often called "lover's eyes" because they were exchanged as sentimental gifts between significant others.

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Most popular around the turn of the 1800s, eye miniatures experienced a revival a century later. Emily Drayton Taylor owned a vintage eye miniature of her grandmother that inspired this work, a close copy. However, she changed the eye color from blue to brown, revealing that it portrays a different individual.

Eye

c. 1930

Emily Drayton Taylor

(American, 1860–1952)
America

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