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A Boy, Possibly Of The Dupont Family

watercolor on ivory miniature
2.7 x 0 in. / 6.9 x 0 cm.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Brown, Miss J.c.

1812
watercolor on ivory
2 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.

Cheekwood Museum of Art

Nashville, TN

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Oval full frontal of a young woman with blue eyes and auburn-brown hair that is parted in the middle and cascades onto her shoulders in soft ringlets. Her face is heart-shaped and she is wearing a white dress with a soft rectangular widely-cut neckline. The dress is simply gathered at the waist by a light blue sash, approx. 2-3 inches wide. A...
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Brown, Mr.

1812
watercolor on ivory
2 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.

Cheekwood Museum of Art

Nashville, TN

notes
Oval three-quarters right profile of a balding man who has collar-length brown hair growing fromaround his head. His eyes are brown, and he wears a white stock tie with a navy and white-flecked undercoat. His overcoat appears to be brown velvet and one button (buttoned-up) is visible.
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George Washington

1796
Watercolor on ivory
7.3 x 5.7 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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Mrs. Cornelius Baldwin (Mary Briscoe)

1797
watercolor on ivory
2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (6.5 x 5.4 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Philippe Abraham Peticolas painted Mary Baldwin (1767-1808) in Winchester, Virginia, at age thirty, twelve or thirteen years after her marriage to Dr. Cornelius Baldwin. She was the daughter of Gerard and Margaret Briscoe, whose portraits were painted by Charles Peale Polk. Mary had ten children and was the grandmother of Mary Julia Baldwin, for whom...
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Mrs. George Willig

1804
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (4.3 x 5.5 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
George Willig (1764-1851) was a German expatriate who, arriving in Philadelphia in 1794, took over the first music publishing company in America. He published sheet music through the 1840s, and his son, George Jr., ran a Baltimore branch of the firm from 1829 to 1879. Given Peticolass serious interest in music, it seems appropriate that he would...
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Portrait Of A Gentleman

1798
Watercolor on ivory in Gold-colored metal locket
Oval: 2 7/8 in. H x 2 5/16 in. W (7.3 cm x 5.86 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Girl

1797
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.9 x 5.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Member Of The Russell Family

watercolor on ivory miniature
2.5 x 0 in. / 6.4 x 0 cm.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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