RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Portrait of a Gentleman
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: Alexander Robertson, born Aberdeen, Scotland-died New York City 1841
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.5 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: The identity of this gentleman is not known, but his powdered hair and elegant cravat indicate that he was a man of wealth in the late eighteenth century.
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Samuel Love, Jr.
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: 1800
Artist: Robert Field, born Gloucestershire, England ca. 1769-died Kingston, Jamaica 1819
Sitter: Jr. Samuel Love
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Richard Graham Davenport
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: This miniature of Samuel Love Jr. (1755?-1800), a member of the landed gentry in Virginia, was bequeathed to the Museum by the sitter’s great-great-grandson. Love was born in Charles County, Maryland, and grew up at Salisbury Plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia. His likeness was painted in the artist’s Washington, D.C., studio in 1800, the year of Love’s death.
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Portrait of a Young Lady
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1790
Artist: William Verstille, born Boston, MA ca. 1755-died Boston, MA 1803
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.5 x 3.5 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: The identity of the young lady shown in this miniature remains a mystery. The artist’s delicate brushwork is evident in the fine lines of the sitter’s hair and the lace around her gown. The head and eyes appear disproportionally large, emphasizing her petite figure and innocent expression.
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Dr. William Beekman
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: Alexander Robertson, born Aberdeen, Scotland-died New York City 1841
Sitter: William Beekman
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Medicine
Physicians
Occupations
Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: There were numerous William Beekmans living in New York and New England during the late eighteenth century, but few who obtained medical degrees. The subject of this portrait may have been the Beekman who served as a doctor and is on record as having witnessed at least one patient’s will on Long Island during the 1750s.
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Mr. Nichol
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: 1809
Artist: John Wesley Jarvis, born South Shields, England 1780-died New York City 1840
Sitter: Mr. Nichol
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: This may be a portrait of William Nichol, whose wife was painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1809, the same year as this portrait. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.</span>
Robert Oliphant
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: 1799
Artist: Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825
Sitter: Robert Oliphant
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: image: sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.7 x 6.1 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Robert Oliphant was the oldest son of William Oliphant, a wealthy Philadelphia landowner. Robert’s sister had her miniature painted by James Peale in 1795 <b>[see 1942.2.3]</b>. Some time after this miniature was painted, Robert moved to Norfolk, Virginia, but his whereabouts after that are unknown. Both miniatures descended in his sister Elizabeth’s family until they were given to a close family friend, who in turn bequeathed them to this museum.
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Elizabeth Oliphant
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: 1795
Artist: James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831
Sitter: Elizabeth Oliphant
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: image: sight 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Elizabeth Oliphant was the sister of Robert Oliphant, whose miniature, painted by Raphaelle Peale, is also in this collection. They were the eldest children of William Oliphant, a wealthy Philadelphia landowner. The year after this miniature was painted, Elizabeth married William Flintham, and it is likely that this painting commemorated her engagement. This miniature remained in the family for several generations, until it passed to a close friend who bequeathed it, and the miniature of her brother, to this museum.
Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D.
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1805
Artist: Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825
Sitter: G. D.
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.2 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: The intertwined initials “GD” on the back of this locket are the only clue to the gentleman’s identity. His hair reflects the change at the end of the eighteenth century, when many younger men rejected wigs in favor of natural hair. The short top and curled sides of this sitter’s hair were styled to accommodate a top hat.
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Mrs. Cornelius Baldwin (Mary Briscoe)
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: 1797
Artist: Philippe Abraham Peticolas, born Meziers, France 1760-died Petersburg, VA 1841
Sitter: Mary Briscoe Baldwin
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (6.5 x 5.4 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Philippe Abraham Peticolas painted Mary Baldwin (1767-1808) in Winchester, Virginia, at age thirty, twelve or thirteen years after her marriage to Dr. Cornelius Baldwin. She was the daughter of Gerard and Margaret Briscoe, whose portraits were painted by Charles Peale Polk. Mary had ten children and was the grandmother of Mary Julia Baldwin, for whom Mary Baldwin College, in Staunton, Virginia, was named.
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William Mather Smith
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1810
Artist: Archibald Robertson, born Moneymusk, Scotland-died New York City 1835
Sitter: William Mather Smith
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 3 x 2 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.8 cm) oval, irregular
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: William Mather Smith (1787-1864) was the only son of Connecticut governor and congressman John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), of Sharon, Connecticut. William was a precocious boy, entering Yale at the age of twelve and graduating in the class of 1805. A lay preacher, Smith founded one of the nation’s first Sunday schools, which he ran for fifty years. He also conducted services in the Sharon church for three decades. This miniature was painted the year Smith married Helen Livingston, and was probably to commemorate that milestone in his life. Her miniature, painted by an unknown artist, is also in this collection <b>[see 1944.7.3]</b>.
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Mrs. Thomas Wilson
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1800
Artist: Charles Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland 1759-died Dublin, Ireland 1821
Sitter: Mrs. Thomas Wilson
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.2 x 5.8 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Mrs. Thomas Wilson is shown here with a slightly mournful appearance. This may mean that the miniature was painted to commemorate the passing of a loved one.
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Alexander Rose
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1788
Artist: Pierre Henri, born Paris, France ca. 1760-died NY 1822
Sitter: Alexander Rose
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.1 x 3.2 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Born in Scotland, Alexander Rose (about 1733-?) immigrated with his family to the colonies before the Revolutionary War. He became a merchant and shipowner in Charleston, and an ardent patriot. The Roses have owned Kilravok (pronounced “Kilrock”) Castle, near Inverness, since it was built more than 750 years ago, and are distantly related to the Windsors of England.
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Henry B. Bounetheau's Aunt
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1804
Artist: Edward Greene Malbone, born Newport, RI 1777-died Savannah, GA 1807
Sitter: aunt Henry B. Bounetheau
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8.6 x 7.0 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Henry Bounetheau was a leading miniaturist in Charleston, South Carolina. It is not clear which of his aunts appears in this miniature.
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Portrait of a Gentleman
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1800
Artist: P. E. Stroëhling, Russian, born Dusseldorf, Germany 1768-died London, England ca. 1826
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: This striking young gentleman is shown against a background of stormy clouds, which emphasize his dark features and serious expression. The dramatic background, ruffled hair, and moody expression evoke the romantic ideal made popular by the English poet Lord Byron.
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Robert Broome
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1810
Artist: Anson Dickinson, born Milton, CT 1779-died Litchfied, CT 1852
Sitter: Robert Broome
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.3 x 2.1 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Munroe
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Robert Broome was the uncle of Robert Munroe, who in turn was the great-uncle of the donor, Helen Munroe. Helen Munroe was at one time the director of publications at the Smithsonian Institution. This miniature was worn as a stickpin by the well-dressed owner. Stickpins were among the flashiest accessories available to a gentleman of this time, and this one, in particular, would have drawn attention because of the unusual close-up profile of the sitter.
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Howes Goldsborough
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: 1799
Artist: James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831
Sitter: Howes Goldsborough
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Howes Goldsborough (1775-1841) was twenty-four years old when he sat for this miniature. He married Mary Rodgers, daughter of Commodore Rodgers of Sion Hall, Harford County, Maryland, in 1812. Mary Rodgers was George Washington Rodgers’ sister, and his miniature, painted by an unidentified artist, is in this collection <b>[see 1950.4.32]</b>.
Member of the Washington Family
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831
Sitter: unidentified
unidentified
unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Landscapes
Portraits
Children
Luce Center Label: Family lore holds that this brooch pin features the portrait of an illegitimate son of George Washington, fathered when Washington was eighteen years old. Washington lent financial support to neighbors and members of his extended family at Mount Vernon, making it difficult to determine how accurate that legend is. One theory is that this is the likeness of Corbin Washington (1765-1799), who married Hannah Lee, a daughter of Richard Henry Lee, in whose family this miniature descended.
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Mrs. John McCluney
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831
Sitter: Mrs. John Mc Cluney
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: It is not clear whether this woman is Elizabeth Purviance, who was married to Major John McCluney of Pennsylvania in 1804, or if she is Isabella Shearer of Virginia, who married a John McCluney in 1779. With luck, further research will eventually reveal her identity.
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Colonial Soldier
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1770
Artist: Unidentified
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.6 x 2.8 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Uniforms
Soldiers
Occupations
Clothing and dress
Men
Portraits
Military
Luce Center Label: It is not always possible to identify the sitter in a miniature portrait, and research is still being done on some of the works in the Museum’s collection. Miniatures became popular in England during the early 1700s, commissioned by wealthy families on the occasions of births, engagements, weddings, and bereavements. These paintings, elaborately set into lockets or brooches, provided the wearer with a sentimental connection to a loved one. The back of the miniature often revealed a lock of the sitter’s hair, symbolizing affection, commitment, or loss. The daguerreotype, invented in 1839, provided a cheaper, faster alternative, and portrait miniatures grew less popular. At the turn of the twentieth century, with the establishment of the American Society of Miniature Painters, miniatures enjoyed a brief revival.
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Isaac Praul
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1805
Artist: Lewis Aubineau, active 1799-1814
Sitter: Isaac Praul
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (6.0 x 4.9 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Isaac Praul was a British-born businessman who lived first in New York before moving to Nova Scotia, Canada, in hopes of improving his frail health.
Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort of New York
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1805
Artist: Ezra Ames, born Framingham, MA 1768-died Albany, NY 1836
Sitter: Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: image: sight 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8.0 x 6.4 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Women
Portraits
History
Luce Center Label: The Van Santvoort family of Albany, New York, founded the Hudson River Day Line in 1828, a steamship company that provided transportation along the Hudson River between New York City and upstate New York. The steamboat Robert Fulton made its last run on this line in 1948. We do not yet know anything about the young Mrs. Abraham van Santvoort shown in this miniature.
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Sir Guy Carelton
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1770
Artist: Unidentified (British)
Sitter: Guy Carleton
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: It is not always possible to identify the sitter in a miniature portrait, and research is still being done on some of the works in the Museum’s collection. Miniatures became popular in England during the early 1700s, commissioned by wealthy families on the occasions of births, engagements, weddings, and bereavements. These paintings, elaborately set into lockets or brooches, provided the wearer with a sentimental connection to a loved one. The back of the miniature often revealed a lock of the sitter’s hair, symbolizing affection, commitment, or loss. The daguerreotype, invented in 1839, provided a cheaper, faster alternative, and portrait miniatures grew less popular. At the turn of the twentieth century, with the establishment of the American Society of Miniature Painters, miniatures enjoyed a brief revival.
English Gentleman
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1810
Artist: Unidentified (British)
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.8 x 6.4 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: This English gentleman’s springy curls, delicate facial features, and stylish attire create a romantic image typical of the early nineteenth century. The unknown artist concentrated on the sitter’s intriguing expression to evoke confidence and pride.
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George Fisher
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825
Sitter: George Fisher
George Fisher
George Fisher
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.2 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Art
Painters
Occupations
Men
Portraits
Sculptors
Luce Center Label: George Fisher’s father was a Quaker who founded the borough of Middletown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1755. Located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, the settlement lay nine miles below Harrisburg. Fisher passed the bar in 1787 and practiced law there until he retired to Pineford Farm, in Middletown. He died at the age of eighty-seven, and is buried in Harrisburg.
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Miss Lettie Stanley
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1810
Artist: Unidentified
Sitter: Lettie Stanley
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Women
Figure female
Older people
Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
Portraits
Hats
Luce Center Label: It is not always possible to identify the sitter in a miniature portrait, and research is still being done on some of the works in the Museum’s collection. Miniatures became popular in England during the early 1700s, commissioned by wealthy families on the occasions of births, engagements, weddings, and bereavements. These paintings, elaborately set into lockets or brooches, provided the wearer with a sentimental connection to a loved one. The back of the miniature often revealed a lock of the sitter’s hair, symbolizing affection, commitment, or loss. The daguerreotype, invented in 1839, provided a cheaper, faster alternative, and portrait miniatures grew less popular. At the turn of the twentieth century, with the establishment of the American Society of Miniature Painters, miniatures enjoyed a brief revival. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.
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Mary Thayer Holden
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1805
Artist: Thomas Young, born 1765-died 1821
Sitter: Mary Thayer Holden
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (7.0 x 5.9 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Mary Thayer Holden was the wife of Captain John Pierce, who served in the artillery at Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The initials “MH” are monogrammed in gold over hairwork on the reverse of the miniature.
Elizabeth Du Hamel?
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1805
Artist: Henry Jacob Burch, Jr., English, born 1763-died after 1834
Sitter: Elizabeth Du Hamel
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Little is known about the artist Henry Jacob Burch, and it is unclear whether this young lady is English, French, or American. On the back of the locket is a floral design, made from the sitter’s hair.
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Portrait of a Lady from S. Carolina Huguenot Family
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: Lawrence Sully, born Kilkenny, Ireland 1769-died Richmond, VA 1804
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Topics: Women
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Of the two Sully brothers, Lawrence was known to be the lesser artist. His portrait figures show stiff upper bodies, little modeling, and pale skin rendered in light colors. The Huguenots had fled religious and political persecution in France and settled in the United States, where their knowledge of science and industry and their skills as artisans and craftsmen were highly prized.
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Portrait of a Gentleman
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1805
Artist: Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825
Sitter: unidentified
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.2 x 4.7 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: This man’s elegantly knotted tie clearly shows Raphaelle Peale’s deft brushwork. Although we do not know who the sitter was, he was a man “of means” who could afford fine clothes and the services of one of America’s leading miniaturists.
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Augustus Fricke
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object type: Painting-Miniature
Date: ca. 1795
Artist: Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, French, born Caen, France 1755-died Caen, France 1840
Sitter: Augustus Fricke
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: sight 2 3/4 x 3 in. (7.0 x 7.5 cm) oval
Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Topics: Men
Portraits
Luce Center Label: Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1763, Augustus Fricke (or Fritsche) lived much of his adult life in Philadelphia. He was a cloth merchant, specializing in imported lace, and served in the Second City Troop in 1808. He applied for a passport in 1810, and lived in Havana until his death the following year from yellow fever.
Elouis.