# The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)

- By: Martha S. Baker (American, 1871–1911)
- Date: 1899
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Portrait Miniature
- Dimensions: Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.142)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1915.142/1915.142_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Martha S. Baker was best known for painting portrait miniatures on ivory. The sitter in this example was not only a fellow artist, but likely one of her former students. Interestingly, the miniature remained in Baker’s possession at the time of her death and was later gifted by her relatives to the museum.