Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - William Deming (1792-1865)
Object Number
1954-02-2
Description
Bust and full face of a young man with high, rededing forehead and long hair. Brown eyes. Subject is wearing a white shirt with high collar, neck band tied in front and pleated ruffles. Background is light with pink tones.
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
1826
Dimensions
3 5/16" H x 2 9/16" L
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
