Howes Goldsborough

James Peale, Howes Goldsborough, 1799, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1948.5.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Howes Goldsborough
Artist
Date
1799
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Goldsborough, Howes — bust
Object Number
1948.5.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1948.5.1

Artwork Description

Howes Goldsborough (1775-1841) was twenty-four years old when he sat for this miniature. He married Mary Rodgers, daughter of Commodore Rodgers of Sion Hall, Harford County, Maryland, in 1812. Mary Rodgers was George Washington Rodgers’ sister, and his miniature, painted by an unidentified artist, is in this collection [see 1950.4.32].

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