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Mrs. Gerald Roth

ca. 1840
Watercolor on ivory
2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. John Jordan, Jr.

1848
watercolor on ivory
image: sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
We know nothing about this woman, who appears here in a simple dress of sheer fabric, with a small locket at her throat. The locket may contain a miniature, as artists during the nineteenth century often showed their sitters wearing a token similar to the one being painted.
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Mrs. John Willis Ellis (Mary White)

1846
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
Mrs. Ellis was the wife of the North Carolina governor who signed the secession order aligning North Carolina with the Confederacy. The governor died in office on July 7, 1861.
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Portrait Of A Gentleman

ca. 1845
Watercolor on ivory in brown leatherette case lined with burgundy velvet
2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Young Man

1854
Watercolor on ivory
3 9/16 x 2 7/8 in. (9.1 x 7.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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