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Mr. Osgood

1830–35
Watercolor on ivory
7.62 x 6.35 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Betsy Goodridge

ca. 1840
watercolor on ivory
3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (9.4 x 7.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
It is unclear what relation this lady is to Sarah Goodridge, but she may have been an aunt, or an older sister-in-law.
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Beulah Appleton

ca. 1840
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (6.7 x 5.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This is a portrait of Sarah Goodridge’s niece, the daughter of Sarah’s sister Beulah and her husband, Thomas Appleton. Sarah also painted another miniature of one of the Appleton children, Sarah, with her cat, Sanko.
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Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons

ca. 1820
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (7.0 x 5.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
A leading lawyer in New England, Theophilus Parsons (1750-1813) wrote the Essex Report, which outlined many of the principles for a republican form of government. He helped to draft the Massachusetts state constitution, and also worked to have the federal Constitution ratified. Parsons served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial...
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Edward Appleton (1)

ca. 1835
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 5/8 x 3 in. (9.2 x 7.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Edward Appleton was Sarah Goodridge’s nephew, the son of Sarah’s sister, Beulah Goodridge, and Thomas Appleton, who were married in Boston in 1812. In 1851, Sarah bought a house in Reading that she shared with her sister’s family.
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Emily Appleton

ca. 1844
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This miniature of Emily Appleton (1821-1844) in inscribed on the back of the locket with her name and death date, and includes a lock of the young woman’s hair. These clues suggest that this is a memorial miniature.
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Gilbert Stuart (1)

1825-1827
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (4.8 x 4.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Sarah Goodridge painted this miniature at the request of Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), who believed no one else could capture the essence of his personality. He declared it the "only true likeness" of him, and valued this work so much that he presented it to his mother, adorned with a bracelet woven from his own, and his wife's, hair. According to...
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Mrs. John Watson (Matilda)

ca. 1825
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.1 x 6.3 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Portrait Of A Gentleman (1)

1821
watercolor on ivory
2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7.0 x 5.7 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
The inscription on this miniature states it was made November 20, 1821, and was in the “Collection of Edward A. Brown, Reading, Mass., descendant of the artist.” It is probably a portrait of a member of the Appleton-Brown family, to whom Sarah Goodridge was related by marriage.
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Self-portrait

ca. 1825
watercolor on ivory
3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (8.0 x 6.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This work was painted at about the time Sarah Goodridge was painting Gilbert Stuart’s portrait, when the artist was in her mid-thirties.
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