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Mr. Nichol by John Wesley Jarvis 1809 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Jarvis, John Wesley | ||
Mr. Rutherford by Henry Inman ca. 1820 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Inman, Henry | ||
Mr. Veacock by Thomas Birch 1812 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Birch, Thomas | ||
Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort of New York by Ezra Ames ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Ames, Ezra | ||
Mrs. Alexander Rose (Margaret Smith) by Pierre Henri ca. 1788 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Henri, Pierre | Margaret Smith (1747-?) was the thirteenth child of a prominent New York Loyalist, Judge William Smith (1728-1793), and his first wife, Mary Hett. Her marriage in 1779 to the South Carolina merchant and patriot Alexander Rose likely put great strain on both families. The Roses remained in South Carolina and had at least two miniatures painted by... | |
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich by Ellen Emmet Rand 1906 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Rand, Ellen Emmet | ||
Mrs. Benjamin Silliman by Henry Colton Shumway ca. 1835 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Shumway, Henry Colton | Susan Huldah Forbes, niece of painter John Trumbull, married Benjamin Silliman in 1840, and gave birth to seven children. Her husband became an editor of the American Journal of Science, established the School of Applied Chemistry at Yale University in 1847 (now known as the Sheffield School of Science), and was a founding member of the National... | |
Mrs. Cornelius Baldwin (Mary Briscoe) by Philippe Abraham Peticolas 1797 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Peticolas, Philippe Abraham | 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... | |
Mrs. Edmund C. Tarbell by Edmund Charles Tarbell 1933 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Tarbell, Edmund Charles | ||
Mrs. Francis Barton Stockton by Hugh Bridport ca. 1840 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bridport, Hugh | Mrs. Stockton was the niece of Stephen Decatur, a commodore in the United States Navy who fought in the War of 1812. She lived in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Francis B. Stockton, who also fought in the war. |
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