Nathaniel Hancock at American Art Gallery

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Dudley Walker about 1790 Watercolor on ivory 4.19 x 2.92 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.) Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA		Unrated	Anonymous
Geographer Discoursing To A Group Of Ladies ca. 1795 Watercolor on ivory 1 1/4 x 15/16 in. (3.2 x 2.4 cm) Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT		Unrated	Anonymous
Jedidiah Morse ca. 1795 Watercolor on ivory 1 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (4.1 x 3 cm) Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT	Hancock's portrait of the Congregationalist minister and geographer Jedidiah Morse, with its reverse depicting a geography lesson, exemplifies the miniature's role in the establishment of national identity after the Revolution. The author of influential and widely read geography texts, Morse promoted the science's power to build a sense of...	Unrated	Anonymous
Joseph Barrell, Jr. ca. 1790 Watercolor on ivory in rose gold bezel rehoused in cobalt glass locket 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6.1 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY		Unrated	Anonymous
Mrs. Abijah Cheever (Elizabeth Scott) ca. 1795 Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket 1 15/16 x 1 1/2 in. (5 x 3.8 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY		Unrated	Anonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman ca. 1785 Watercolor on ivory in gold colored metal locket with cartridge-edge and ball finial 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. (3.5 x 2.2 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY		Unrated	Anonymous
Stephen Salisbury ca. 1792 Watercolor on ivory in gilded metal locket 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (4.4 x 3.3 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY		Unrated	Anonymous
Tristram Barnard 18th century Watercolor on ivory 5.71 x 3.81 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.) Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA		Unrated	Anonymous

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