Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - Raphael Dickinson (1781-1837)
Object Number
1972-06-1
Description
Full face, head and shoulders of a young man with blue eyes and long curly brown hair. He wears a high-collared black coat, high-neck collar, and neck piece with bow in front. Background is a mottled green.
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
1804
Dimensions
2 1/2" x 2"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
