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![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman (1) Watercolor on ivory gilded copper locket Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman (2) Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman (3) ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() This man’s elegantly knotted tie clearly shows Raphaelle Peale’s deft brushwork. Although we do not know who the sitter was, he was a man “of means” who could afford fine clothes and the services of one of America’s leading miniaturists. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman With Initials G. D. ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() The intertwined initials “GD” on the back of this locket are the only clue to the gentleman’s identity. His hair reflects the change at the end of the eighteenth century, when many younger men rejected wigs in favor of natural hair. The short top and curled sides of this sitter’s hair were styled to accommodate a top hat. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Robert Oliphant 1799 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Robert Oliphant was the oldest son of William Oliphant, a wealthy Philadelphia landowner. Robert’s sister had her miniature painted by James Peale in 1795. Some time after this miniature was painted, Robert moved to Norfolk, Virginia, but his whereabouts after that are unknown. Both miniatures descended in his sister Elizabeth’s family until they... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Still Life - Strawberries, Nuts, &c. 1822 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Still Life With Cake 1818 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Still Life With Cake (1) 1822 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Still Life With Peaches 1821 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Still Life With Wine Glass 1818 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | GA | Anonymous |
- Raphaelle Peale