This especially fine portrait is reminiscent of Malbone's Charleston miniatures, particularly in its use of a bright blue sky with gray clouds and in the careful delineation of the face - the slight scowl, the wrinkle to the right of Huger's mouth, and the cleft chin.
Notes:
This text is adapted from Martha Severens "The Miniature Portrait Collection of the Carolina Art Association" published by the Carolina Art Association, 1984
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