Miniatures – tiny portraits, often no bigger than a palm and sometimes as small as the width of a thumb – were the descendants of the gold-leaf illuminations in medieval manuscripts.

click image for close-up When Elizabeth Freeman was nearly 70 years old, Susan Ridley Sedgewick painted a miniature portrait of her in watercolor on ivory. Sedgewick was the young wife of Theodore ...

They both exchanged each other's portraits and when William IV died the portrait was returned to our family. Ever since, we have treasured them greatly.

“The carvings are done in Germany, but everything else is done in California,” explains Neuwirth, whose Pet Portrait charms and rings have become a signature of her collection. Each miniature ...

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