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Susan Corens Towers

1796
watercolor on ivory
Unframed - h:7.10 w:5.60 cm (h:2 3/4 w:2 3/16 inches)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

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Portrait of a Girl

c. 1790-1800
oil on canvas
49.53 x 44.45 cm (19 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.) framed: 66.04 x 60.96 x 6.51 cm (26 x 24 x 2 9/16 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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A Gentleman

1789
Watercolor on ivory
oval; framed: 4.76 x 4.13 cm (1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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Elizabeth Knapp

1802
watercolor on ivory
2 5/8 x 2 in. (6.7 x 5.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
There are numerous women by this name who lived during the time James Peale was painting miniatures, making it difficult to determine exactly who this sitter might be. However, an Elizabeth Knapp of Danbury, Connecticut, died about 1802, and it is possible that this miniature was painted to commemorate her passing. The back of the locket contains a...
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Elizabeth Oliphant

1795
watercolor on ivory
2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Howes Goldsborough

1799
watercolor on ivory
2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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John Tower

1806
watercolor on ivory
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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Josiah Hewes Anthony

1790
watercolor on ivory
1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (4.6 x 3.7 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Major-General Anthony Wayne

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
(oval): 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.5 x 3.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Member of the Washington Family

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Family lore holds that this brooch pin features the portrait of an illegitimate son of George Washington, fathered when Washington was eighteen years old. Washington lent financial support to neighbors and members of his extended family at Mount Vernon, making it difficult to determine how accurate that legend is. One theory is that this is the...
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