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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - Major Moses Seymour (1742-1826)
Object Number
1952-03-1
Description
Watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of Moses Seymour. The miniature is a bust length portrait of an older man with white hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a black coat with white shirt and cravat. The miniature is housed in a red leather case with two brass hooks and white silk lining.
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
Dec. 3, 1825
Dimensions
3 3/16"H x 2 9/16"W
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
