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Portrait Miniature - Theodore M. Moore

2016-38-1

Watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of Theodore M. Moore by Anson Dickinson. Bust portrait of a young man wearing a black coat, white shirt with high collar, and white stock tied in a bow. The man has reddish brown hair with grey or light blue eyes (likely faded). Facing front right against a background of white and tan. Oval portrait in square frame with concave oval center and gold bevel. Portrait is under convex glass and is held in the frame by metal tabs on rear. Trade card on verso of portrait, printed "A. Dickinson/MINIATURE PAINTER/222 Broad Way/New York" with small image of a young boy or cherub; written in ink "T. M. Moore" and in pencil "Theodore M. Moore/born 27th June 1798."

Part of a lot of Dickinson miniatures of the Moore Family purchased from Marika's in Boston in the 1960s. Originally purchased in Troy, NY.

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.

• Dickinson, Anson, 1779-1852

c.1820

Overall Height 6", Width 5.125", Depth 0.5"

• metal
• wood
• ivory
• watercolor
• glass