With its draped red curtain, balustrade and landscape view the composition of Mrs. Alston's miniature employs conventions popularized by seventeenth-century portraitists. However, Collas still allows the figure to dominate, with her clear flesh tones and large captivating brown eyes.
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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