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The Children Of Homer Ramsdell, Esq.

1842
Watercolor on ivory
7 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (18.7 x 14.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Self-portrait

ca. 1825
Watercolor on ivory
3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Lady

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory
3 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (8.9 x 7.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Gustavus Adolphus Rollins

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory in black leatherette case
Sight: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)

ca. 1844
Watercolor on ivory
3 7/8 x 3 in. (9.8 x 7.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Family Group

1829
Brown and black ink on white woven paper
4 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (12.5 x 14.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Benson John Lossing

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory in brown leatherette case with red lining
3 27/32 x 2 23/32 in. (9.8 x 6.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
The Bracelet

1835
Watercolor on ivory
6 13/16 x 5 3/8 in. (17.3 x 13.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory
2 9/16 x 2 in. (6.5 x 5.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman (1)

ca. 1840
Watercolor on ivory in ebonized frame with gold bezel
3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (9.8 x 7.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Maria Margaretta Oswald

1840–50
Watercolor on ivory in gold case
2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.6 x 4.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman (2)

1840–45
Watercolor on ivory
2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.6 x 4.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Gentleman (3)

1825–30
Watercolor on ivory
3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.2 x 6.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Frederick Gore King

ca. 1827
Watercolor on ivory
3 x 2 in. (7.6 x 5.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Mrs. Oswald John Cammann (Catherine Navarre Macomb)

ca. 1843
Watercolor on ivory in brown leatherette case with ormolu mat
4 3/16 x 3 5/16 in. (10.5 x 8.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Mr. Mckinley

ca. 1840
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper foliate locket
2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (6.7 x 5.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Mrs. Mckinley

ca. 1840
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper foliate locket
2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7 x 5.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Levinus Clarkson

1845
Watercolor on ivory in gold-colored metal locket
Sight: 2 3/8 x 2 in. (6 x 5.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Lieutenant John Trumbull Ray

ca. 1830
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8.0 x 6.2 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
John Trumbull Ray was the illegitimate son of Captain John Trumbull, one of colonial America’s leading portrait painters. Following the death of his first love, Trumbull had an affair with one of his brother’s servants, a woman named Temperance Ray. She bore a son in 1792 who strongly resembled Trumbull. Trumbull provided money for the boy’s...
UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of A Young Girl

ca. 1830
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (4.4 x 3.8 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
The young girl in this painting wears a black gown with puffed or “melon” sleeves. Fashionable ladies sometimes inflated these with removable down-filled pillows.
UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of Elizabeth Stirling Foote

1832
Watercolor on ivory portrait in brass locket
Image (sight): 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm) Frame: 3 x 2 5/8 in. (7.6 x 6.7 cm) Frame (height with loop): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Case: 4 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 in. (10.6 x 7.9 x 2.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Portrait Of Erasmus Darwin Foote

ca. 1832-1833
Watercolor on ivory portrait in brass locket
Image (sight): 2 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (6.5 x 5.2 cm) Frame: 2 7/8 x 2 7/16 in. (7.3 x 6.2 cm) Frame (height with loop): 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) Case: 4 x 2 7/8 x 1 in. (10.2 x 7.3 x 2.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
A Gentleman

c. 1820s
Watercolor on ivory
framed: 8.26 x 6.67 cm (3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

 UnratedAnonymous
Augustus Thomas Cowman

ca. 1845
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Unidentified Young Man

ca. 1830-1835
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 9.5 x 7.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
The Exchange Of Queens

1839
watercolor on ivory
4 11/16 x 5 3/8 in. (11.9 x 13.7 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

 UnratedAnonymous
A Young Woman

1845
watercolor on ivory
3 11/16 x 2 7/8 in. (9.4 x 7.3 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

 UnratedAnonymous
William Charles Macready

1827
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. ( 76.8 x 64.8 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
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