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Portrait Of A Man In A Blue Jacket

1790
Watercolor on ivory
in gold case: 2.86 x 2.54 cm (1 1/8 x 1 in.); 2.7 x 2.1 cm (1 1/16 x 13/16 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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Anthony Lispenard Robertson

ca. 1830
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 14 x 10.8 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

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Dr. James Hay Beattie

Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 6.4 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

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George Washington

1791
Watercolor on marble
Overall: 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 32.4 x 26.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

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View Of The Northeast Corner Of Wall And William Streets, New York City

c. 1798
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Overall: 8 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. ( 21.9 x 28.6 cm ) mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

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View Up Wall Street With City Hall [federal Hall] And Trinity Church, New York City

c. 1798
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Overall: 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 28.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
View With St. Paul's Chapel And Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City

c. 1798
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Overall: 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 29.2 cm ) mat: 14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. ( 35.9 x 48.9 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Brother-in-law Of Mrs. Alexander Rose

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (4.0 x 3.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Alexander Rose and his wife, the former Margaret Smith, both had their portraits painted in miniature by Pierre Henri, and both are in this collection. Mrs. Rose’s father was a prominent New York Loyalist, Judge William Smith, and Margaret was his thirteenth child. This sitter may be the husband of one of Margaret’s sisters. The miniature was...
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William Mather Smith

ca. 1810
watercolor on ivory
3 x 2 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.8 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
William Mather Smith (1787-1864) was the only son of Connecticut governor and congressman John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), of Sharon, Connecticut. William was a precocious boy, entering Yale at the age of twelve and graduating in the class of 1805. A lay preacher, Smith founded one of the nation’s first Sunday schools, which he ran for fifty years....
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