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Woman In A Red Dress

by Anna Claypoole Peale

1821
watercolor on ivory
sight 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.7 x 6.3 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Peale, Anna Claypoolenotes
This miniature is housed in an elegant red leather case with a green velvet lining, colors that compliment the sitters pale complexion and richly colored gown. Although the cut of her bodice is more restrained than an English dress might be, the sitter wears her hair piled high and curled in ringlets around her face, like many English women of the day.
With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow

by Albert Pinkham Ryder

ca. 1880-1885
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
12 x 12 in. (30.4 x 30.4 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Ryder, Albert Pinkham 
Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

by George Henry Durrie

ca. 1858
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.6 x 60.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Durrie, George Henrynotes
Subject: Landscape -- Connecticut -- New Haven; Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- Farmhouse; Architecture exterior -- Farm -- Barn; Landscape -- Season -- Winter; Landscape -- Weather -- Snow; Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon; Figure group; Animal -- Horse; Animal -- Dog.
Winter

by William Hillock Low

1891
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
3 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (7.8 x 13.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Low, William Hillock 
William Thornton

by Robert Field

ca. 1800
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 6.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Field, Robertnotes
William Thornton (1759-1828) was the first architect of the U.S. Capitol, and an inventor and public official as well. He was born in Tortola, British West Indies, and died in Washington. In addition to designing the Capitol, Thornton also designed the Octagon and Tudor Place in Georgetown, Washington. Robert Field and Thornton were friends, and the...
William McIntyre

by John Wesley Jarvis

early 19th century
watercolor, pen and ink and pencil on paper
sight 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (11.4 x 9.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Jarvis, John Wesley 
William Mather Smith

by Archibald Robertson

ca. 1810
watercolor on ivory
3 x 2 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.8 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Robertson, Archibaldnotes
William Mather Smith (1787-1864) was the only son of Connecticut governor and congressman John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), of Sharon, Connecticut. William was a precocious boy, entering Yale at the age of twelve and graduating in the class of 1805. A lay preacher, Smith founded one of the nation’s first Sunday schools, which he ran for fifty years....
William Lippincott

by Daniel Dickinson

1825
watercolor on ivory
2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Dickinson, Danielnotes
There are several men by the name of William Lippincott who may have sat for this portrait. The sitter probably posed for Daniel Dickinson in Philadelphia, and there is evidence to suggest that this portrait was commissioned on the occasion of his wedding.
William Henry Harrison

by James Reid Lambdin

mezzotint
20 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (52.1 x 35.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Lambdin, James Reid 
William E. Dickson

by Raphaelle Peale

ca. 1815
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (5.4 x 4.3 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Peale, Raphaelle 
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