Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - Dorothy Champion Deming (1759-1830)
Object Number
1939-03-7
Description
Bust portrait of older woman facing front left. Light blue background. Woman is wearing dark dress with scarlet shawl, white lace bonnet. She has brown hair, green eyes. Plain red leather case with 2 hooks. White silk lining with green leather binder, white ribbon.
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
Nov. 19, 1825
Dimensions
case: 3 3/4"h x 3 1/8" w
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
