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Washington Allston

1841
Watercolor on ivory
3 9/16 x 2 13/16 in. (9 x 7.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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The Misses Case

about 1864
oil on canvas
60.96 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Susan Rivington Stuyvesant (Mrs. Gerard Stuyvesant)

1858
watercolor on ivory
4 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (11 x 9.8 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

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Sec. William A. Richardson

1880
oil on canvas
63 7/8 x 54 x 4 1/8"

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Washington, D.C.

notes
Previously Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Secretary George S. Boutwell, President Grant promoted William A. Richardson (1821 - 1896) to Secretary when Boutwell resigned. The postwar economy had expanded so quickly that commercial banks became nervous and began calling in their loans. As a result, in the summer of 1873 the money supply...
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Sec. Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

1880
oil on canvas
62 x 52 1/2 x 4"

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Washington, D.C.

notes
Beginning in 1789, Oliver Wolcott Jr. (b.1760 - 1833) played an important role in the organization of the nascent Treasury Department. First, as Auditor, he established its clerical forms and methods, and two years later, as Comptroller, he was instrumental in establishing the branches of Secretary Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States.
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Mrs. Stephen Jones Bowles (Elizabeth Thorndike)

1848
Watercolor on ivory
11.43 x 9.27 cm (4 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia)

1849
Watercolor on ivory
4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (11.4 x 9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Francis Schroeder (Caroline Seaton)

ca. 1849
watercolor and pencil on paper
9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.1 x 18.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Caroline Seaton Schroeder was the daughter of William Seaton, the owner of the newspaper the National Intelligencer, mayor of Washington, D.C., and a regent of the Smithsonian. The pencil outline of Mrs. Schroeders dress makes her portrait appear unfinished, as the lower portion of her dress is without color. Richard Morell Staigg used a similar...
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Mrs. Christopher Grant Perry (Frances Sargeant)

ca. 1840
Watercolor on ivory in brown leatherette case lined with green velvet
3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Charles Thurston (Rachel Hall Pitman)

ca. 1840
Watercolor on ivory
3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

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