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Eye

c. 1930

Emily Drayton Taylor

(American, 1860–1952)
Culture
America
Medium
watercolor on ivory
Measurements
Diameter of frame: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr 1961.330
Copyright
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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.

Description

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.
A circular watercolor on ivory portrait miniature depicts a single brown eye of a person with light skin tone looking out at us. The eye sits beneath a dark brown eyebrow and beside brown hair curls to our left, with a light blue wash filling the background to our right. It is encased in an ornate, patterned gold frame featuring a circular metal ring at the top.

Eye

c. 1930

Emily Drayton Taylor

(American, 1860–1952)
America

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