Box with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as Flora

Box with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as Flora

Alexander James Strachan

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inserted in the lid of the box, and with its hinged cover, is a portrait on ivory of the concert singer Sarah Harrop Bates (1755-1811) as Flora in about her twentieth year by the miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821).

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Box with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as FloraBox with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as FloraBox with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as FloraBox with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as FloraBox with portrait of a woman said to be Mrs. Bates (1755–1811) as Flora

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.