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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - Dr. Daniel Sheldon (1750-1840)
Object Number
1908-18-0
Description
Watercolor on ivory portrait of older man with grey hair, blue eyes, dark coat and white stock. Facing center right.
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
December 13, 1831
Dimensions
3 3/8" x 2 11/16" case, 3 9/16" x 3" x 3/4"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
