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![]() | Alexander Henry Durdin ca. 1810 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Charles Floyd ca. 1804 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Charles Wagner Watercolor on ivory Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Anne Hume Shippen ca. 1796 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Benjamin Trott's portrait of Anne Hume "Nancy" Shippen is a rare example, because he painted very few women early in his career. The sitter was regarded by her numerous admirers as "sweet to look upon, and sweeter yet to hold." To please her parents, Shippen broke off an engagement with the man she loved in order to marry Colonel Henry Beekman... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | David Mcclellan ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Jane Stone ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | John Cleves Short 19th century Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Miriam Etting Myers ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman With Initials J. B. ca. 1795 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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. | Unrated | Anonymous |
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