Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - Unidentified Man
Object Number
1971-10-0
Description
Watercolor on ivory square, bust-length portrait miniature depicting an unidentified young man with brown or red curly hair and brown eyes, facing left. The man is wearing a black coat with white shirt, vest, and stock tie. Framed in square black wood frame with oval glass and brass frame. Star and ray design at top, with loop.
Provenance
Printed trade card label in back, with cherub and ribbon design and "A. Dickinson/Miniature painter/No. 158 Broadway/New York."
Comment
Born in Milton, a village in the town of Litchfield, Anson Dickinson began advertising himself as a miniature painter in 1802. He traveled to New York in 1804, where he was painted by Edward Greene Malbone, the leading American miniaturist of his day. Dickinson painted over 1,500 miniatures over the course of fifty years, traveling as far as Canada and South Carolina to paint. He kept a studio in New York for a period, and returned frequently to Litchfield where he painted prominent residents and students of the Female Academy and Law School.
Category
Date Made
1807-1814
Dimensions
2 7/8" X 2 1/4" OVAL
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
