RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1952.3.3

James Wilson

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1792"}

{"Object number": "1952.3.3"}

{"Artist": "Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, French, born Caen, France 1755-died Caen, France 1840", "Sitter": "James Wilson"}

{"Luce Center Label": "James Wilson (1742-1798) was a famous American statesman, lawyer, Supreme Court justice, and land speculator. He was born in Carskerdo, Scotland, and immigrated in 1766 to the colonies. He settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he practiced law. He promoted the idea that the British parliament held no authority over the colonies, and in 1775 was elected to the Second Continental Congress and penned his signature on the Declaration of Independence. He served a second term in Congress from 1785 to 1787, during which time he won praise for his draft of the federal Constitution. In his last years, land speculations ruined him, and he was remembered as much for his bad business instincts as his impressive contributions to the development of American law. In this portrait the elderly Wilson is shown wearing glasses. The frames must have been imported, as no manufacturer existed in the United States until 1815."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 5/8 x 2 in. (6.7 x 5.2 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Wilson, James", "Elouis, Jean Pierre Henri"]

["Paintings"]

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["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1952.12.2

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1952.12.2

Josiah Hewes Anthony

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ruel P. Tolman"}

{"Date": "1790"}

{"Object number": "1952.12.2"}

{"Artist": "James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831", "Sitter": "Josiah Hewes Anthony"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Josiah Hewes Anthony (born about 1769) was the son of the Philadelphia merchant Captain Joseph Anthony, and named for Captain Anthony\u2019s business partner, Josiah Hewes. Josiah\u2019s brother, Joseph Anthony Jr., was a silversmith. Josiah was in his early twenties when this miniature was painted, and later became a wealthy merchant who owned a wharf in Philadelphia. This museum also owns a miniature of Captain Anthony, painted by Walter Robertson [see 1952.12.1]."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (4.6 x 3.7 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Anthony, Josiah Hewes", "Peale, James"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1952.12.1

Captain Joseph Anthony

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ruel P. Tolman"}

{"Date": "ca. 1794"}

{"Object number": "1952.12.1"}

{"Artist": "Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02", "Sitter": "Joseph Anthony"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Captain Joseph Anthony (1738-1798) was a prosperous Philadelphia merchant. His son Joseph Jr. became a prominent silversmith, and his son Josiah, a fellow merchant. The miniature of Josiah Hewes Anthony is in this collection [see 1952.12.2]. On the back of Captain Anthony\u2019s miniature is a second painting---a mourning scene, with two female figures holding two bluebirds and a red rose. They sit next to a large funerary urn under a massive tree, a temple behind them in the rolling landscape. The tree and grass are made with clippings of hair, and braided locks---perhaps from the captain himself---adorn the perimeter of the image. This second painting is clearly by a different artist, and was probably added to the miniature after the captain\u2019s death."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.7 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Occupation\\military\\captain\nPortrait male\\waist length"}

["1790s"]

["Robertson, Walter", "Anthony, Joseph"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Occupations", "Men", "Portraits", "Captain", "Military"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1951.3.8

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1951.3.8

James Cunningham, Last Earl of Glencairn

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William Mouat Hannay"}

{"Date": "ca. 1790"}

{"Object number": "1951.3.8"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (British)", "Sitter": "James Cunningham"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Born in Scotland, James Cunningham was the fourteenth Earl of Glencairn from 1775 until his death in 1791. Because James had no children, his brother John succeeded him, making John the last earl of Glencairn, rather than James as the title of this piece suggests. After James\u2019s death, his friend the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote \u201cLament for James Cunningham, 14th Earl of Glencairn.\u201d The last lines of the poem read: \u201cThe mother may forget the child/ that smiles sae sweetly on her knee;/ But I\u2019ll remember thee Glencairn/ and a\u2019 that thou hast done for me.\u201d The intricately woven hair on the reverse of the portrait is probably Cunningham\u2019s, suggesting that this was a piece of mourning jewelry."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.3 x 4.8 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Occupation\\other\\aristocrat\nPortrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Cunningham, James"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Occupations", "Men", "Portraits", "Aristocracy (Social class)"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.7.10

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.7.10

Augustus Fricke

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1950.7.10"}

{"Artist": "Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, French, born Caen, France 1755-died Caen, France 1840", "Sitter": "Augustus Fricke"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 3/4 x 3 in. (7.0 x 7.5 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Elouis, Jean Pierre Henri", "Fricke, Augustus"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.6

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.6

Portrait of a Gentleman

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.6"}

{"Artist": "Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "This man\u2019s elegantly knotted tie clearly shows Raphaelle Peale\u2019s deft brushwork. Although we do not know who the sitter was, he was a man \u201cof means\u201d who could afford fine clothes and the services of one of America\u2019s leading miniaturists."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.2 x 4.7 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Peale, Raphaelle"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.5

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.5

Portrait of a Lady from S. Carolina Huguenot Family

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.5"}

{"Artist": "Lawrence Sully, born Kilkenny, Ireland 1769-died Richmond, VA 1804", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Sully, Lawrence"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.40

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.40

Elizabeth Du Hamel?

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.40"}

{"Artist": "Henry Jacob Burch, Jr., English, born 1763-died after 1834", "Sitter": "Elizabeth Du Hamel"}

{"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\u2019s hair."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.7 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Du Hamel, Elizabeth", "Burch, Henry Jacob"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.3

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.3

Mary Thayer Holden

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.3"}

{"Artist": "Thomas Young, born 1765-died 1821", "Sitter": "Mary Thayer Holden"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Mary Thayer Holden was the wife of Captain John Pierce, who served in the artillery at Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The initials \u201cMH\u201d are monogrammed in gold over hairwork on the reverse of the miniature."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (7.0 x 5.9 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Young, Thomas", "Holden, Mary Thayer"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.29

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.29

Miss Lettie Stanley

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1810"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.29"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified", "Sitter": "Lettie Stanley"}

{"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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s Committee."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Dress\\accessory\\hat\nFigure female\\elderly\\bust\nPortrait female\\bust"}

["1810s"]

["Stanley, Lettie"]

["Paintings"]

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["Women", "Figure female", "Older people", "Clothing and dress", "Dress accessories", "Portraits", "Hats"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.24

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.24

George Fisher

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.24"}

{"Artist": "Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825", "Sitter": "George Fisher\nGeorge Fisher\nGeorge Fisher"}

{"Luce Center Label": "George Fisher\u2019s 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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.2 x 5.7 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Occupation\\art\\painter\nOccupation\\art\\sculptor\nPortrait male\nPortrait male\\bust\nPortrait male\\miniature"}

["1790s"]

["Fisher, George", "Peale, Raphaelle"]

["Miniatures", "Paintings"]

null

["Art", "Painters", "Occupations", "Men", "Portraits", "Sculptors"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.21

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.21

English Gentleman

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1810"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.21"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (British)", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "This English gentleman\u2019s 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\u2019s intriguing expression to evoke confidence and pride."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.8 x 6.4 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust\nEnglish"}

["1810s"]

null

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.20

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.20

Sir Guy Carelton

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1770"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.20"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (British)", "Sitter": "Guy Carleton"}

{"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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1770s"]

["Carleton, Guy"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.18

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.18

Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort of New York

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.18"}

{"Artist": "Ezra Ames, born Framingham, MA 1768-died Albany, NY 1836", "Sitter": "Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "image: sight 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8.0 x 6.4 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\nHistory\\United States\\New York"}

["1800s"]

["Van Santvoort, Abraham, Mrs.", "Ames, Ezra"]

["Paintings"]

["New York", "United States"]

["Women", "Portraits", "History"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.15

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.15

Isaac Praul

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.15"}

{"Artist": "Lewis Aubineau, active 1799-1814", "Sitter": "Isaac Praul"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (6.0 x 4.9 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Praul, Isaac", "Aubineau, Lewis"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.4.14

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.4.14

Colonial Soldier

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore"}

{"Date": "ca. 1770"}

{"Object number": "1950.4.14"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.6 x 2.8 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Occupation\\military\\soldier\nDress\\uniform\\military uniform\nPortrait male\\bust"}

["1770s"]

null

["Paintings"]

null

["Uniforms", "Soldiers", "Occupations", "Clothing and dress", "Men", "Portraits", "Military"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.12.3

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.12.3

Mrs. John McCluney

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1950.12.3"}

{"Artist": "James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831", "Sitter": "Mrs. John Mc Cluney"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Mc Cluney, John, Mrs.", "Peale, James"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1950.10.2

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1950.10.2

Member of the Washington Family

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1950.10.2"}

{"Artist": "James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831", "Sitter": "unidentified\nunidentified\nunidentified"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Landscape\nPortrait\\child\nPortrait\\Washington\nPortrait\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Peale, James"]

["Paintings"]

["Washington"]

["Landscapes", "Portraits", "Children"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1948.5.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1948.5.1

Howes Goldsborough

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "1799"}

{"Object number": "1948.5.1"}

{"Artist": "James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831", "Sitter": "Howes Goldsborough"}

{"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\u2019 sister, and his miniature, painted by an unidentified artist, is in this collection [see 1950.4.32]."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Peale, James", "Goldsborough, Howes"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1948.2.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1948.2.1

Robert Broome

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Munroe"}

{"Date": "ca. 1810"}

{"Object number": "1948.2.1"}

{"Artist": "Anson Dickinson, born Milton, CT 1779-died Litchfied, CT 1852", "Sitter": "Robert Broome"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.3 x 2.1 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\head"}

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["Broome, Robert", "Dickinson, Anson"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1946.9.3

Portrait of a Gentleman

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1800"}

{"Object number": "1946.9.3"}

{"Artist": "P. E. Stro\u00ebhling, Russian, born Dusseldorf, Germany 1768-died London, England ca. 1826", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Stro\u00ebhling, P. E."]

["Paintings"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1946.3.16

Henry B. Bounetheau's Aunt

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pr\u00e9 Bounetheau"}

{"Date": "ca. 1804"}

{"Object number": "1946.3.16"}

{"Artist": "Edward Greene Malbone, born Newport, RI 1777-died Savannah, GA 1807", "Sitter": "aunt Henry B. Bounetheau"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8.6 x 7.0 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Malbone, Edward Greene", "Bounetheau, Henry B., aunt"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1946.11.6

Alexander Rose

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1788"}

{"Object number": "1946.11.6"}

{"Artist": "Pierre Henri, born Paris, France ca. 1760-died NY 1822", "Sitter": "Alexander Rose"}

{"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 \u201cKilrock\u201d) Castle, near Inverness, since it was built more than 750 years ago, and are distantly related to the Windsors of England."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.1 x 3.2 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1780s"]

["Henri, Pierre", "Rose, Alexander"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1944.7.5

Mrs. Thomas Wilson

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1800"}

{"Object number": "1944.7.5"}

{"Artist": "Charles Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland 1759-died Dublin, Ireland 1821", "Sitter": "Mrs. Thomas Wilson"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.2 x 5.8 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Robertson, Charles", "Wilson, Thomas, Mrs."]

["Paintings"]

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["Women", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1944.7.2

William Mather Smith

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1810"}

{"Object number": "1944.7.2"}

{"Artist": "Archibald Robertson, born Moneymusk, Scotland-died New York City 1835", "Sitter": "William Mather Smith"}

{"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\u2019s 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 [see 1944.7.3]."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "3 x 2 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.8 cm) oval, irregular"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

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["Robertson, Archibald", "Smith, William Mather"]

["Paintings"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1943.3.2

Mrs. Cornelius Baldwin (Mary Briscoe)

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "1797"}

{"Object number": "1943.3.2"}

{"Artist": "Philippe Abraham Peticolas, born Meziers, France 1760-died Petersburg, VA 1841", "Sitter": "Mary Briscoe Baldwin"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (6.5 x 5.4 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Peticolas, Philippe Abraham", "Baldwin, Mary Briscoe"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.7.2

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D.

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1942.7.2"}

{"Artist": "Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825", "Sitter": "G. D."}

{"Luce Center Label": "The intertwined initials \u201cGD\u201d on the back of this locket are the only clue to the gentleman\u2019s 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\u2019s hair were styled to accommodate a top hat."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.2 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["D., G.", "Peale, Raphaelle"]

["Paintings"]

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["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.2.3

Elizabeth Oliphant

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques"}

{"Date": "1795"}

{"Object number": "1942.2.3"}

{"Artist": "James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831", "Sitter": "Elizabeth Oliphant"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "image: sight 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

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["Oliphant, Elizabeth", "Peale, James"]

["Paintings"]

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["Women", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.2.2

Robert Oliphant

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques"}

{"Date": "1799"}

{"Object number": "1942.2.2"}

{"Artist": "Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825", "Sitter": "Robert Oliphant"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Robert Oliphant was the oldest son of William Oliphant, a wealthy Philadelphia landowner. Robert\u2019s sister had her miniature painted by James Peale in 1795 [see 1942.2.3]. 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\u2019s family until they were given to a close family friend, who in turn bequeathed them to this museum."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "image: sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.7 x 6.1 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Oliphant, Robert", "Peale, Raphaelle"]

["Paintings"]

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["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.2.1

Mr. Nichol

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "1809"}

{"Object number": "1942.2.1"}

{"Artist": "John Wesley Jarvis, born South Shields, England 1780-died New York City 1840", "Sitter": "Mr. Nichol"}

{"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\u2019s Committee."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Jarvis, John Wesley", "Nichol, Mr."]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.11.8

Dr. William Beekman

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1942.11.8"}

{"Artist": "Alexander Robertson, born Aberdeen, Scotland-died New York City 1841", "Sitter": "William Beekman"}

{"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\u2019s will on Long Island during the 1750s."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Occupation\\medicine\\doctor\nPortrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Beekman, William", "Robertson, Alexander"]

["Paintings"]

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["Medicine", "Physicians", "Occupations", "Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.11.5

Portrait of a Young Lady

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1790"}

{"Object number": "1942.11.5"}

{"Artist": "William Verstille, born Boston, MA ca. 1755-died Boston, MA 1803", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The identity of the young lady shown in this miniature remains a mystery. The artist\u2019s delicate brushwork is evident in the fine lines of the sitter\u2019s hair and the lace around her gown. The head and eyes appear disproportionally large, emphasizing her petite figure and innocent expression."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.5 x 3.5 cm) oval"}

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{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Verstille, William"]

["Paintings"]

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["Women", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.10.4

Samuel Love, Jr.

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Richard Graham Davenport"}

{"Date": "1800"}

{"Object number": "1942.10.4"}

{"Artist": "Robert Field, born Gloucestershire, England ca. 1769-died Kingston, Jamaica 1819", "Sitter": "Jr. Samuel Love"}

{"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\u2019s 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\u2019s Washington, D.C., studio in 1800, the year of Love\u2019s death."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Love, Samuel, Jr.", "Field, Robert"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1942.10.3

Portrait of a Gentleman

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1942.10.3"}

{"Artist": "Alexander Robertson, born Aberdeen, Scotland-died New York City 1841", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"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."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.5 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Robertson, Alexander"]

["Paintings"]

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["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1941.9.1

Rubens Peale

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Edwin Kirk"}

{"Date": "ca. 1800"}

{"Object number": "1941.9.1"}

{"Artist": "Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825", "Sitter": "Rubens Peale"}

{"Luce Center Label": "This small drawing of Rubens Peale (1784-1864) resembles many of the silhouettes made during this period, showing the artist\u2019s brother in profile. Rubens was a favorite subject for his artistic family, and several members painted his likeness. Designed to be framed and hung on a wall rather than in a closed locket worn on the body, this piece demonstrates how the line between miniatures and small-scale drawings was beginning to blur."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on paper", "Dimensions": "sight 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (9.5 x 6.7 cm) rectangle"}

null

{"Topic": "Occupation\\art\\artist\nPortrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Peale, Rubens", "Peale, Raphaelle"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Art", "Occupations", "Men", "Portraits", "Artists"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1941.5.1

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials A.S.N.

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Norvin H. Green"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1941.5.1"}

{"Artist": "Jean Francois De Vallee, active 1794-1828", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The initials \u201cASN\u201d are the only clue to the identity of the gentleman in this portrait. The frame is embellished with a circle of pearls to mirror the design of the sitter\u2019s stickpin."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.3 x 5.1 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Vallee, Jean Francois De"]

["Paintings"]

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["Men", "Portraits"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1939.4.1023

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Alfred Duane Pell"}

{"Date": "1800-1820"}

{"Object number": "1939.4.1023"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\full length\nDress\\accessory\\fan"}

["1800s", "1820s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Fans", "Figure female", "Clothing and dress", "Dress accessories"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1938.7.1

Mourning Locket for A. R.

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Edmund Bury"}

{"Date": "ca. 1780"}

{"Object number": "1938.7.1"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Miniature paintings memorializing a friend or family member grew popular in the nineteenth century when the death of Prince Albert sent Queen Victoria into deep mourning. A name and death date on a locket, pin, or ring marked the passing of a loved one, and artists sometimes mixed a lock of the deceased person\u2019s hair in with the pigment. The paintings often showed the bereaved person next to a tomb or cinerary urn, as in Mourning Locket for A. R. and Mourning Ring for William Burnside, and sometimes included symbols of grieving such as a dove or weeping willow."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 5/8 x 7/8 in. (4.0 x 2.2 cm) lozenge"}

null

{"Topic": "State of being\\emotion\\sorrow\nFigure female\\full length\nMonument\\tomb\nLandscape\\tree\\willow tree\nPrimitive\\mourning"}

["1780s"]

null

["Paintings"]

null

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1937.11.1

Elizabeth Knapp

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "1802"}

{"Object number": "1937.11.1"}

{"Artist": "James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831", "Sitter": "Elizabeth Knapp"}

{"Luce Center Label": "There are numerous women by this name who lived during the time James Peale was painting miniatures, making it difficult to determine exactly who this sitter might be. However, an Elizabeth Knapp of Danbury, Connecticut, died about 1802, and it is possible that this miniature was painted to commemorate her passing. The back of the locket contains a lock of her hair, bound in gold thread and set with pearls."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 5/8 x 2 in. (6.7 x 5.1 cm) oval"}

null

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["1800s"]

["Knapp, Elizabeth", "Peale, James"]

["Paintings"]

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SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1936.6.1

Portrait of a Gentleman

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1796"}

{"Object number": "1936.6.1"}

{"Artist": "Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02", "Sitter": "unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Walter Robertson\u2019s meticulous brushwork matches the fastidious elegance of this dashing young man."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.5 x 5.1 cm) oval"}

null

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["Robertson, Walter"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.8

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.8

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1780-1820"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.8"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "fabric; ivory; spangles", "Dimensions": "length: 10 3/4 in. (27.4 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Dress\\accessory\\fan\nObject\\flower"}

["1820s", "1780s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Fans", "Clothing and dress", "Dress accessories", "Flowers"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.7

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.7

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.7"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; mother of pearl", "Dimensions": "length: 11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Landscape\\river\nArchitecture Exterior\nFigure group\\male and female"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Landscapes", "Architecture", "Figure group", "Rivers", "Male and female"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.7_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.6

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.6

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.6"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "vellum and ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nRecreation\\dancing\nArchitecture\\detail\\wall"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Wall", "Architecture", "Recreation", "Figure group", "Dance", "Detail"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.6_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.5

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.5

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1780-1790"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.5"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper, shell, mica, spangles", "Dimensions": "length: 10 3/8 in. (26.2 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\\female\nObject\\flower\nReligion\\angel"}

["1780s", "1790s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Women", "Figure group", "Religion", "Flowers", "Angels"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.5_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.41

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.41

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1800-1820"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.41"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (French)"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "vellum; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\nude\nMythology\\classical\\putti"}

["1800s", "1820s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Figure female", "Nudity", "Mythology", "Putti"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.41_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.37

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.37

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1770-1780"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.37"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (Dutch)"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory; mother of pearl dust", "Dimensions": "length: 10 5/8 in. (26.9 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nAnimal\\bird\nRecreation\\leisure\\eating and drinking\nAnimal\\insect\nDress\\Japanese dress"}

["1770s", "1780s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Amusements", "Animals", "Insects", "Recreation", "Food habits", "Japanese dress", "Clothing and dress", "Figure group", "Birds"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.37_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.36

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.36

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1790-1820"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.36"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (Spanish)"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory; mother of pearl", "Dimensions": "length: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nReligion\\angel"}

["1820s", "1790s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Figure group", "Religion", "Angels"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.36_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.35

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.35

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1790-1820"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.35"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (French)"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\nude\nFigure group\\male and female"}

["1820s", "1790s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Figure female", "Nudity", "Figure group", "Male and female"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.35_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.33

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.33

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1790-1820"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.33"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (French)"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Dress\\historic\\classical dress\nFigure female\\full length\nDress\\accessory\\fan\nObject\\musical instrument"}

["1820s", "1790s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Musical instruments", "Fans", "Classical dress", "Figure female", "Clothing and dress", "Dress accessories", "History"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.33_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.3

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.3

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.3"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper and ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nArchitecture\\boat\\sailing ship\nRecreation\\leisure\\strolling\nLandscape\\river\nDress\\accessory\\umbrella\nDress\\historic\nDress\\accessory\\fan\nArchitecture Exterior\\castle"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Sailing ships", "Fans", "Boats and boating", "Architecture", "Clothing and dress", "Figure group", "Strolling", "Dress accessories", "Umbrellas", "Castles", "Rivers", "History", "Amusements", "Landscapes", "Recreation"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.3_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.25

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.25

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1775-1800"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.25"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (Italian)"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nAnimal\\bird\nDress\\accessory\\umbrella\nAnimal\\dog\nAsian\nRecreation\\sport and play\\games\nObject\\flower\nObject\\furniture\\table"}

["1800s", "1770s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Sport and play", "Clothing and dress", "Figure group", "Birds", "Dress accessories", "Umbrellas", "Flowers", "Furnishings", "Animals", "Recreation", "Dogs", "Games", "Tables"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.25_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.2

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.2

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1785"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.2"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "silk, ivory, gold braid, spangles", "Dimensions": "length: 9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Still life\\other\\vase\nStill life\\flower\nStill life\\musical instrument\\lyre\nStill life\\musical instrument\\lute\nStill life\\written matter\\sheet music"}

["1780s"]

null

["Still lifes", "Sheet music", "Decorative arts"]

null

["Musical instruments", "Lyre", "Vase", "Flowers", "Lute"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.2_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.18

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.18

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1790-1820"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.18"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 10 1/4 in. (25.9 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Animal\\horse\nLandscape\\time\\morning\nAnimal\\insect\\moth\nMythology\\classical\\Apollo\nMythology\\classical\\putti\nMythology\\classical\\Hours"}

["1820s", "1790s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Landscapes", "Animals", "Insects", "Hours", "Morning", "Horses", "Mythology", "Time", "Putti", "Apollo (Greek deity)"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.18_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.15

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.15

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1775-1800"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.15"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "vellum; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 10 in. (25.5 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nLandscape\nDress\\historic\nFigure\\child\\nude\nDress\\accessory\\fan\nObject\\fruit\nArchitecture Exterior\\castle\nDress\\accessory\\shield"}

["1800s", "1770s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Fans", "Landscapes", "Fruit", "Architecture", "Shield", "Clothing and dress", "Figure group", "Nudity", "Dress accessories", "Castles", "Children", "History"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.15_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1935.8.12

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1935.8.12

Fan

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunetti, Duchess of Arcos"}

{"Date": "1775-1800"}

{"Object number": "1935.8.12"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "paper; ivory", "Dimensions": "length: 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nRecreation\\courting\nLandscape\\road\\path\nMythology\\classical\\Eros"}

["1800s", "1770s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Path", "Eros", "Courting", "Landscapes", "Roads", "Recreation", "Figure group", "Mythology"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1935.8.12_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1934.11.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1934.11.1

Jane Stone

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1805"}

{"Object number": "1934.11.1"}

{"Artist": "Benjamin Trott, born Boston, MA ca. 1770-died Washington, DC 1843", "Sitter": "Jane Stone"}

{"Luce Center Label": "These portraits were painted in 1805, after Benjamin Trott had set out on horseback for a yearlong journey westward. They are two of the many works created as the artist made his way through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio, states that then defined the nation\u2019s western borders."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.2 x 6.3 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1800s"]

["Stone, Jane", "Trott, Benjamin"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1934.11.1_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1933.7.2

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1933.7.2

Brother-in-law of Mrs. Alexander Rose

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1795"}

{"Object number": "1933.7.2"}

{"Artist": "Archibald Robertson, born Moneymusk, Scotland-died New York City 1835", "Sitter": "Brother-in-Law of Mrs. Alex. Rose"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Alexander Rose and his wife, the former Margaret Smith, both had their portraits painted in miniature by Pierre Henri, and both are in this collection [see 1946.11.6 and 1933.7.1]. Mrs. Rose\u2019s father was a prominent New York Loyalist, Judge William Smith, and Margaret was his thirteenth child. This sitter may be the husband of one of Margaret\u2019s sisters. The miniature was meant to be worn as part of a bracelet, and the pierced edges of the mount were used to attach the wristband much like today\u2019s wristwatch. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women\u2019s Committee."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (4.0 x 3.0 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait male\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Robertson, Archibald", "Rose, Alex., Mrs., Brother-in-Law of"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Men", "Portraits"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1933.7.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1933.7.1

Mrs. Alexander Rose (Margaret Smith)

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund"}

{"Date": "ca. 1788"}

{"Object number": "1933.7.1"}

{"Artist": "Pierre Henri, born Paris, France ca. 1760-died NY 1822", "Sitter": "Mrs. Alexander Rose\nMargaret Smith"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Margaret Smith (1747-?) was the thirteenth child of a prominent New York Loyalist, Judge William Smith (1728-1793), and his first wife, Mary Hett. Her marriage in 1779 to the South Carolina merchant and patriot Alexander Rose likely put great strain on both families. The Roses remained in South Carolina and had at least two miniatures painted by Pierre Henri for family members. This one remained in her daughter\u2019s family. The other version, given to her parents, is in the Yale University Art Gallery. Both miniatures feature plaited hairwork visible through the back of the locket."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.0 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust\nPortrait female\\bust"}

["1780s"]

["Henri, Pierre", "Rose, Alexander, Mrs.", "Smith, Margaret"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1933.7.1_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1931.5.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1931.5.1

Mrs. Fenno Knight (née du Clois)

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Knight Crick"}

{"Date": "1799"}

{"Object number": "1931.5.1"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (French)", "Sitter": "Mrs. Fenno Knight"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Mrs. Fenno Knight sat for her portrait at age eighteen in a stylish high-waisted dress, wearing simple necklaces, earrings, and a hair ornament. Her playful eyes and slight smile suggest a pride and excitement in being painted."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory in gilt wooden frame", "Dimensions": "image: sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Portrait female\\bust"}

["1790s"]

["Knight, Mrs. Fenno"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1931.5.1_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.554.5

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.554.5

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.554.5"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 3/4 in. (2.0 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Object\\flower\nObject\\fruit\\apple\nObject\\fruit\\pear"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Apple", "Pear", "Fruit", "Flowers"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.554.5_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.554.4

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.554.4

Patch Box

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1785"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.554.4"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, metal, and glass", "Dimensions": "height: 7/8 in. (2.1 cm)"}

null

["1780s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.554.4_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.554.2

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.554.2

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1780-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.554.2"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nArchitecture\\bridge\nObject\\flower\nArchitecture Exterior\\religious\\church\nLandscape\\river\\stream"}

["1800s", "1780s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Bridges", "Landscapes", "Architecture", "Figure group", "Religion", "Stream", "Flowers", "Rivers", "Church buildings"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.554.2_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.546

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.546

Bowl

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1772-1774"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.546"}

{"Artist": "Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, founded 1751", "Engraver": "Robert Hancock, English, born Burslem, England 1730-died Bristol, England 1817"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts-Ceramic"}

{"Medium": "porcelain", "Dimensions": "height: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)"}

null

["1770s"]

["Hancock, Robert", "Worcester Royal Porcelain Company"]

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.542

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.542

Chamberstick

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.542"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

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{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm)"}

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1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.352

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.352

Nur Jahan

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{"Date": "ca. 1770"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.352"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified", "Sitter": "Nur Jahan"}

null

{"Type": "Painting"}

{"Medium": "opaque watercolor on paper", "Dimensions": "11 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28.9 x 19.3 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Indian\nPortrait female\\profile"}

["1770s"]

["Nur Jahan"]

["Paintings"]

null

["Women", "Portraits", "Profile"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.321.2

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.321.2

Scent Bottle

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.321.2"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

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{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 3 in. (7.5 cm)"}

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{"Topic": "Landscape\\town"}

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null

["Decorative arts"]

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["Landscapes", "Cities and towns"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.7

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.7

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1780-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.320.7"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (3.5 x 9.0 x 5.4 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1780s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

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1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.6

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.6

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.320.6"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (3.3 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.320.6_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.5

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.5

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1760-1775"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.320.5"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (4.3 x 8.0 x 5.4 cm)"}

null

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null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Figure female", "Clothing and dress", "Figure male", "History", "Costume and dress"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.320.5_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.3

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.3

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.320.3"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (4.3 x 8.4 x 7.0 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

0

null

https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.320.1

Snuffbox

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.320.1"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (4.1 x 8.6 x 6.6 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Landscape\nFigure group\\female and child\nFigure male\\full length\nObject\\written matter\\book\nObject\\other\\container\nReligion\\angel"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Female and child", "Landscapes", "Books and reading", "Figure group", "Containers", "Religion", "Figure male", "Angels"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.320.1_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.317

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.317

Watch

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1775-1825"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.317"}

{"Artist": "George Prior, English, born ca. 1750-died 1825"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "crystal, silver, and enamel", "Dimensions": "height: 6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\full length\nObject\\furniture\\clock"}

["1820s", "1770s"]

["Prior, George"]

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Clocks and watches", "Figure female", "Furnishings"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.317_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.316

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.316

Watch

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1775-1825"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.316"}

{"Artist": "George Prior, English, born ca. 1750-died 1825"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "gold, pearls, and enamel", "Dimensions": "2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm) diam."}

null

{"Topic": "Dress\\accessory\\jewelry"}

["1820s", "1770s"]

["Prior, George"]

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Clothing and dress", "Dress accessories", "Jewelry"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.316_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.315.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.315.1

Eye of a Lady

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "ca. 1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.315.1"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (European)"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Small paintings of eyes first became popular during the late eighteenth century. They reminded wearers of a loved one, whose identity remained a secret. The single eye also symbolized the watchful gaze of a jealous partner, who feared that his or her lover might stray. One of the earliest known eye miniatures was painted in 1786 by the English artist Richard Cosway for the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. The miniature showed the eye of Mrs. Fitzherbert, the prince\u2019s mistress. The eye miniatures shown in the Luce Center would have been set in lockets, brooches, rings, or small boxes."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 5/8 x 3/4 in. (1.5 x 1.9 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\fragment\\eye"}

["1800s"]

null

["Paintings"]

null

["Figure female", "Fragment"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.315.1_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.314.1

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.314.1

Eye

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "ca. 1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.314.1"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (British)"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Small paintings of eyes first became popular during the late eighteenth century. They reminded wearers of a loved one, whose identity remained a secret. The single eye also symbolized the watchful gaze of a jealous partner, who feared that his or her lover might stray. One of the earliest known eye miniatures was painted in 1786 by the English artist Richard Cosway for the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. The miniature showed the eye of Mrs. Fitzherbert, the prince\u2019s mistress. The eye miniatures shown in the Luce Center would have been set in lockets, brooches, rings, or small boxes."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 1 1/4 x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure\\fragment\\eye"}

["1800s"]

null

["Paintings"]

null

["Fragment"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.314.1_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.313.3

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.313.3

Eye of a Lady

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "ca. 1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.313.3"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified (European)"}

{"Luce Center Label": "Small paintings of eyes first became popular during the late eighteenth century. They reminded wearers of a loved one, whose identity remained a secret. The single eye also symbolized the watchful gaze of a jealous partner, who feared that his or her lover might stray. One of the earliest known eye miniatures was painted in 1786 by the English artist Richard Cosway for the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. The miniature showed the eye of Mrs. Fitzherbert, the prince\u2019s mistress. The eye miniatures shown in the Luce Center would have been set in lockets, brooches, rings, or small boxes."}

{"Type": "Painting-Miniature"}

{"Medium": "watercolor on ivory", "Dimensions": "sight 7/8 x 1 in. (2.1 x 2.4 cm) oval"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\fragment\\eye"}

["1800s"]

null

["Paintings"]

null

["Figure female", "Fragment"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.313.3_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.246.27

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.246.27

Bowl

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1752-1783"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.246.27"}

{"Artist": "Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, founded 1751"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "porcelain", "Dimensions": "9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) diam."}

null

["1780s", "1750s"]

["Worcester Royal Porcelain Company"]

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.246.27_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.246.25

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.246.25

Plate

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.246.25"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and metal", "Dimensions": "7 1/8 in. (18.0 cm) diam."}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.246.25_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.84

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.84

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.84"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 4 in. (10.0 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.84_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.83

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.83

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.83"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, metal, and ivory", "Dimensions": "height: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\\nude\nArchitecture\\detail\\column"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Architecture", "Column", "Figure group", "Nudity", "Detail"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.83_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.81

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.81

Scent Bottle

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.81"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, gilded metal, and glass", "Dimensions": "height: 4 in. (10.3 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Object\\flower"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Flowers"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.81_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.80

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.80

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.80"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 4 in. (10.1 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.80_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.8

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.8

Bodkin Case

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1770-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.8"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Object\\flower"}

["1800s", "1770s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Flowers"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.8_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.79

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.79

Box

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1775-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.79"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "2 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (5.5 x 9.4 x 7.1 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nArchitecture\\ruins\nLandscape\\river\nAnimal\\sheep\nAnimal\\cattle\nOccupation\\farm\\shepherd\nObject\\other\\container"}

["1800s", "1770s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

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1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.79_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.78

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.78

Writing Box

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.78"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, gilded metal, glass, and cloth", "Dimensions": "1 3/4 x 7 x 4 in. (4.5 x 17.7 x 10.3 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Architecture\\ruins\nLandscape\\river\nAnimal\\sheep\nFigure male\\full length\nAnimal\\cattle\nObject\\other\\container\nArchitecture\\monument"}

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null

["Decorative arts"]

null

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1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.78_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.77

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.77

Box

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.77"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "2 x 3 x 3 7/8 in. (5.0 x 7.5 x 9.9 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nAnimal\\sheep\nLandscape\\water\nAnimal\\deer\nArchitecture Exterior\\classical\nArchitecture Exterior\\ruins"}

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null

["Decorative arts"]

null

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1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.74

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.74

Plaque

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.74"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) diam."}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nLandscape"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Landscapes", "Figure group"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.74_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.73

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.73

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.73"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, gilded metal, and ivory", "Dimensions": "height: 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.72

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.72

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.72"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, metal, and ivory", "Dimensions": "height: 4 in. (10.0 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nArchitecture\\boat\\sailing ship\nWaterscape\\harbor\nArchitecture\\boat\\rowboat\nCityscape\\town"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Sailing ships", "Boats and boating", "Architecture", "Figure group", "Cities and towns", "Cityscapes", "Harbors", "Waterscapes", "Rowboat"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.71

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.71

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.71"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, metal, and ivory", "Dimensions": "height: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.70

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.70

Etui/Spy Glass

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1760-1785"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.70"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel, gilded metal, and glass", "Dimensions": "height: 5 in. (12.7 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nFigure group\nLandscape\nAnimal\\sheep\nAnimal\\cattle"}

["1780s", "1760s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Landscapes", "Animals", "Cattle", "Figure group", "Sheep"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.7

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.7

Plaque

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.7"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) diam."}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nLandscape\nLandscape\\river\nTravel\\water\\boat"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Description and travel", "Water", "Landscapes", "Boats and boating", "Figure group", "Rivers"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.69

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.69

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.69"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 3 3/4 in. (9.4 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nLandscape\\building\nLandscape\\water\nRecreation\\sport and play\\fishing"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Water", "Landscapes", "Sport and play", "Architecture", "Recreation", "Figure group", "Fishing"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.68

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.68

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.68"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure male\\full length\nPerforming arts\\music\\flute\nOccupation\\art\\sculptor"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Music", "Occupations", "Figure male", "Entertainers", "Sculptors", "Flute"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.67

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.67

Writing Box

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.67"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (4.2 x 15.7 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.66

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.66

Toy Watch

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1780-1815"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.66"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm) diam."}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\\male\nLandscape\\river\nDress\\accessory\\jewelry\nArchitecture Exterior\\domestic\\house"}

["1810s", "1780s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Landscapes", "Architecture", "Men", "Clothing and dress", "Domestic", "Figure group", "Dress accessories", "Jewelry", "Rivers", "Dwellings"]

1

["https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SAAM-1929.8.245.66_1"]

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.65

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.65

Chatelaine

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1760-1775"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.65"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "metal and enamel", "Dimensions": "height: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)"}

null

{"Topic": "Figure group\nLandscape\nDress\\accessory\\jewelry"}

["1770s", "1760s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Landscapes", "Clothing and dress", "Figure group", "Dress accessories", "Jewelry"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.64

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.64

Bonbonniere

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.64"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

{"Luce Center Label": "The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or \u201cpatches\u201d (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady\u2019s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.", "Luce Object Quote": "\u201cEnameling is a curious art, and not much labour but that of laying and painting colours, plain or in figures, on metal.\u201d A General Description of all Trades, 1747, quoted in Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, 1978"}

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm) diam."}

null

{"Topic": "Figure female\\fragment\\face"}

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

["Figure female", "Face", "Fragment"]

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.63

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.63

Inkwell

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.63"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and metal", "Dimensions": "height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

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https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.62

SAAM

edanmdm:saam_1929.8.245.62

Etui

{"Credit Line": "Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly"}

{"Date": "1750-1800"}

{"Object number": "1929.8.245.62"}

{"Artist": "Unidentified"}

null

{"Type": "Decorative Arts"}

{"Medium": "enamel and gilded metal", "Dimensions": "height: 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm)"}

null

["1800s", "1750s"]

null

["Decorative arts"]

null

1

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