Elizabeth Oliphant

James Peale, Elizabeth Oliphant, 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques, 1942.2.3
James Peale, Elizabeth Oliphant, 1795, watercolor on ivory, image: sight 2 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques, 1942.2.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Elizabeth Oliphant
Artist
Date
1795
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: sight 2 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval
Credit Line
Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Oliphant, Elizabeth — bust
Object Number
1942.2.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1942.2.3

Artwork Description

Elizabeth Oliphant was the sister of Robert Oliphant, whose miniature, painted by Raphaelle Peale, is also in this collection. They were the eldest children of William Oliphant, a wealthy Philadelphia landowner. The year after this miniature was painted, Elizabeth married William Flintham, and it is likely that this painting commemorated her engagement. This miniature remained in the family for several generations, until it passed to a close friend who bequeathed it, and the miniature of her brother, to this museum.

Works by this artist (16 items)

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James Peale, William Shippen, 1794, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.5
William Shippen
Artist
Date1794
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Susanne Correy, ca. 1790, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.153.1
Susanne Correy
Artist
Dateca. 1790
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Mrs. John McCluney, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1950.12.3
Mrs. John McCluney
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Thomas Lee Shippen, 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.4
Thomas Lee Shippen
Artist
Date1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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Unidentified, Mrs. Nathaniel Parkinson, late 18th - early 19th century, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.10
Mrs. Nathaniel Parkinson
Artist
Unidentified
Datelate 18th - early 19th century
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Joseph Francis Burrell, Jane Gray Wall, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.3
Jane Gray Wall
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Edward Greene Malbone, Mrs. John Corlis (Susannah Condé Russell), 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.29.2
Mrs. John Corlis (Susannah Condé Russell)
Artist
Date1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Edward Greene Malbone, Mr. John Corlis, 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.29.1
Mr. John Corlis
Artist
Date1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view