Unknown

The artist and sitter in this miniature portrait are unknown, but the reverse contains a hair pattern and the initials S. G. F. 498

This is one of over a dozen American portraits in the collection, from around 1830-35, all depicting young ladies wearing a "little black dress", and thus indicating the 19C origin of the proverbial fashion item, of  a "little black dress" usually claimed as being in the 1920's.