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A Miniature Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Black Coat

1829
watercolor on ivory
2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Catherine Augusta Wilmerding

1843
Watercolor on ivory in red leatherette case with red velvet lining
6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (15.9 x 14 cm) Other (watercolor on an ivory support): 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (9.5 x 12.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Eliza Ann Hall

1840-1845
watercolor on ivory
2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (6.8 x 5.7 cm); case 2 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (7.5 x 6.4 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

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Henry Peters Gray

1842
Watercolor on ivory in silver locket
2 1/32 x 1 19/32 in. (5.2 x 4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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James Morris

ca. 1845
watercolor on ivory
sight 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (11.7 x 8.9 cm) rectangle

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Henry Colton Shumway painted these portraits of Mr. and Mrs. James Morris around 1845. There are several men by the name of James Morris living in New York at this time, so without further information it is difficult to establish the identity of these sitters. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are shown seated on red chairs in identical poses, their bodies held...
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Major William Boerum

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory in leatherette case
2 5/8 x 2 11/16 in. (6.6 x 6.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Benjamin Silliman

ca. 1835
watercolor on ivory
3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (8.3 x 6.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Susan Huldah Forbes, niece of painter John Trumbull, married Benjamin Silliman in 1840, and gave birth to seven children. Her husband became an editor of the American Journal of Science, established the School of Applied Chemistry at Yale University in 1847 (now known as the Sheffield School of Science), and was a founding member of the National...
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Mrs. James Morris

ca. 1845
watercolor on ivory
sight 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (11.6 x 9.2 cm) rectangle

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Henry Colton Shumway painted these portraits of Mr. and Mrs. James Morris around 1845. There are several men by the name of James Morris living in New York at this time, so without further information it is difficult to establish the identity of these sitters. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are shown seated on red chairs in identical poses, their bodies held...
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Mrs. Samuel Russell (Frances Ann Osborne )

Watercolor on ivory
3 7/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.7 x 6.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Baby

1833
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
Sight: H. 2 1/4 in. x 1 7/8 in. (5.7 x 4.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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