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Alexander Henry Durdin

ca. 1810
Watercolor on ivory in gold case
3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Anne Hume Shippen

ca. 1796
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.3 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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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...
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Benjamin Chew Wilcocks

ca. 1810
Watercolor on ivory
3 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (8.9 x 6.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Benjamin Chew Wilcocks (1)

ca. 1812
Watercolor on ivory
3 9/16 x 2 31/32 in. (9 x 7.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Benjamin Kintzing

ca. 1815
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket with pearl-studded wire trimmed rim; hair reserve verso
2 29/32 x 2 5/16 in. (7.4 x 5.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Charles Floyd

ca. 1804
Watercolor on ivory
2 9/16 x 2 1/64 in. (6.5 x 5.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Charles Wagner

Watercolor on ivory
2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in. (7.1 x 5.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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David Mcclellan

ca. 1805
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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George Wood

Watercolor on media
2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Jane Stone

ca. 1805
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.2 x 6.3 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 UnratedAnonymous
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