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Varina Howell Davis

1849
Watercolor on ivory
6.5 x 5.3cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/16")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

notes
Varina Howell was a young woman of lively intellect and polished social graces who married Jefferson Davis when she was at the age of eighteen. As the wife of the president of the Confederacy, she lived in Richmond during the Civil War and admirably fulfilled her three primary roles as an affectionate spouse to a proud and sensitive husband, an...
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The Reverend William Lupton Johnson

1834
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper case
1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. (4.2 x 3.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Sarah Lyman Mead (Mrs. Elijah Mead)

1835
watercolor on ivory
2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (7 x 5.4 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

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Reverend John Barent Johnson

1835
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.3 x 7.3 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

notes
The subject was born in Brooklyn, the son of Barent Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Dutch descent, and of Maria (Guest) Johnson. In 1796 Johnson was ordained in the Reformed Dutch Church, in which year he accepted a position as pastor at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Albany. He was invited to preach the funeral oration in honor of George...
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Portrait Of A Lady (1)

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory
2 13/16 x 2 1/4 in. (7.2 x 5.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Lady

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper foliate locket
2 13/16 x 2 1/4 in. (7.1 x 5.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Gentleman (2)

1832
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This miniature was painted while John Wood Dodge was living in New York. The unknown gentleman wears what appears to be a tailcoat, with a fashionably high collar and gilt buttons.
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Portrait Of A Gentleman (1)

1841
Watercolor on ivory
Sight: 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 Gentleman

ca. 1833
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket
2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. John Wood Dodge (Mary Louise Dodge)

1836
Watercolor on ivory
4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (12.1 x 9.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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