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Further Research

December 2024
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Book: Love and Loss: American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures by Robin Jaffee Frank (Yale University, 2000, $35.00). Galleries: The Gibbes Museum of Art (135 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401) has a collection of 500 miniatures. The Huntington Library (1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108) features two cases of superb miniatures. Internet search terms: Try miniature portraits and miniature paintings . To find the out-of-print books vital to the study of the form, use the plural, miniatures .

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