Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - Reuben Webster
Object Number
2002-22-1
Description
Watercolor on ivory of older gentleman, gray hair, blue eyes, white shirt with white cravat, black double-breasted jacket. Background tan with green accent at bottom. Housed in red leather case with velvet interior. Miniature under glass with gold border
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
ca. 1829
Dimensions
3 1/4" x 4" (miniature) 6 1/2" x 4" (case, opened)
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
