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Joanna Mary Gosman (Mrs. Wilmerding)

ca. 1825
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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John Cleves Short

19th century
watercolor on ivory
image (oval): 2 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (6.6 x 5.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
John Cleves Short, who built a career as a lawyer and judge in Ohio, was married in 1814 to Elizabeth Bassett Harrison, daughter of the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison. In this miniature, Shorts hair is brushed forward in a fashion of the time that was brought to America from England. The reverse of this piece contains a...
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Miriam Etting Myers

ca. 1805
watercolor on ivory
3 x 2 1/4 in. (7.7 x 5.7 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Miriam Etting Meyers (Mrs. Jacob Meyers) was born in 1787 and died in 1808. Her father, Solomon Etting, whose portrait was also painted by Benjamin Trott, led the movement in Marylands statehouse for the Jew Bill, which permitted Jews in Maryland to hold public office without having to first renounce their faith. This miniature was first attributed...
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Mrs. Fox

ca. 1805
Watercolor on ivory
2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in. (7.1 x 5.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman (Rebekah Biddle)

ca. 1815
Watercolor on ivory
3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.1 x 6.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Gentleman

ca. 1798
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper case
2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Gentleman (1)

Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper case
2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. (5.6 x 4.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Gentleman With Initials J. B.

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.5 x 5.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
On the back of this miniature the initials JB are monogrammed in gold over hairwork, offering the only clue we have to the identity of the sitter. This piece was originally attributed to Raphaelle Peale, of the Philadelphia family of painters, but was later determined to have been the work of Benjamin Trott.
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William Edward Wilmerding

ca. 1825
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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