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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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Mrs. John McCluney

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
It is not clear whether this woman is Elizabeth Purviance, who was married to Major John McCluney of Pennsylvania in 1804, or if she is Isabella Shearer of Virginia, who married a John McCluney in 1779. With luck, further research will eventually reveal her identity.
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Portrait of a Gentleman

1789
watercolor on ivory
1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (4.3 x 3.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
In his dress and hairstyle, this young man is presented in a manner very similar to Josiah Hewes Anthony, also painted by James Peale around this time
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Jonathan Pinkney, Jr.

1798
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket; hair reserve verso
3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.9 x 6.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Governor Jonathan Trumbull

ca. 1792
Watercolor on ivory in Gilded copper locket; hair reserve verso
Sight: 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mr. Depau

1802
Watercolor on ivory
2 27/32 x 2 1/4 in. (7.2 x 5.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Major General Benjamin Lincoln

1794
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket with brightwork bezel
1 7/8 x 1 7/16 in. (4.8 x 3.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Martha Stewart Wilson

1814
oil on canvas
28 1/2 x 24 in. (72.3 x 61 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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