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Portrait Of A Gentleman (1)

Watercolor on ivory gilded copper locket
2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in. (6.7 x 5.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman (2)

Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket
2 7/8 x 2 5/16 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman (3)

ca. 1805
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.2 x 4.7 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This man’s elegantly knotted tie clearly shows Raphaelle Peale’s deft brushwork. Although we do not know who the sitter was, he was a man “of means” who could afford fine clothes and the services of one of America’s leading miniaturists.
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Portrait Of A Gentleman With Initials G. D.

ca. 1805
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
The intertwined initials “GD” on the back of this locket are the only clue to the gentleman’s identity. His hair reflects the change at the end of the eighteenth century, when many younger men rejected wigs in favor of natural hair. The short top and curled sides of this sitter’s hair were styled to accommodate a top hat.
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Robert Oliphant

1799
watercolor on ivory
image: sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.7 x 6.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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...
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Still Life - Strawberries, Nuts, &c.

1822
Oil on wood panel
41.1 x 57.8 cm (16 3/8 x 22 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

 GAAnonymous
Still Life With Cake

1818
Oil on wood
10 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (27.3 x 38.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Still Life With Cake (1)

1822
Oil on panel
9 1/2 x 11 5/16 in. (24.1 x 28.7 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Still Life With Peaches

1821
Oil on panel
12 13/16 x 19 5/16 in. (32.5 x 49 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Still Life With Wine Glass

1818
Oil on panel
10 1/4 x 13 5/8 in. (26.0 x 34.6 cm) Framed: 15 7/8 x 19 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

 GAAnonymous
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