tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254813612024-03-05T12:07:20.430-08:00--- Artists and Ancestors --- Miniature Portrait Art CollectionAn Internet Art Exhibition displaying portrait miniatures from the 17C to the 20C.Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-10528146358681151432022-12-11T15:45:00.003-08:002022-12-11T15:45:47.190-08:00April 2012 - Discussing Joseph Wood<p>The recent acquisition of an attractive miniature of a naval officer, see <a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2012/03/wood-joseph-portrait-of-naval-officer.html" target="_blank">View</a> has been an interesting exercise and led to the decision to write the following brief paper to try to add, and share, knowledge about a little researched artist.
In the early years of the 19C, the American miniature painter Joseph Wood (1778-1830) was a talented artist working in New York, with Mary Way, herself an accomplished artist writing in 1811; "...Wood, who from what I had heard and seen, I considered the only painter here worth notice." However, there does not appear to have been a careful analysis of the quite numerous miniature portraits attributed to him. </p><p>The following study suggests some of these are incorrect attributions. The paper attempts to provide a source for more readily identifying the work of Wood, with input or comment from scholars of American miniatures welcomed.
In attempting that process, it has been necessary to cast doubt on a number of miniatures in museum and other collections, including the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museums. It is hoped that the curators at those august institutions will not take offence at the conclusions reached here. Revisions to earlier "good faith" attributions are not intended as a criticism, but more a recognition that scholarship is greatly assisted when multiple examples in colour can be easily compared via the Internet. </p><p>Wood was the son of a New York farmer and ran away from home at age 15 to New York City where he became apprenticed to a silversmith. He learned to paint by copying miniatures which had been left with the silversmith for mounting. In 1801 he established himself as an oil portrait and miniature painter. In 1803 he was joined in partnership by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840) and around that time was also taught more about miniature painting by Edward Greene Malbone (1777-1807). The partnership with Jarvis had ended by 1810 and in 1811 Wood took on Nathaniel Rogers (1787-1844) as an apprentice, before moving to Philadelphia in c1813 and Washington c1816-18. During his last years he became noted for a dissolute lifestyle and undertook few commissions. From this brief outline it is clear his main output as a miniature painter was restricted to about 25 years, 1801-c1825. </p><p>Given that Wood learned some points from Malbone after 1801, was partnered with Jarvis, and took Rogers on as an apprentice in 1811, there is reason to expect some similarities of style. Malbone is commonly accepted as the pre-eminent American miniature painter, but when one reviews his work as illustrated in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Life and Works of Edward Greene Malbone</span> by Ruel Pardee Tolman, it is apparent that the quality of Malbone's miniatures is very variable. Viewed dispassionately, and in view of his short career, it seems his elevation has been enhanced by his American birth, his self-taught status, and the survival of his account book; with Malbone's better work being executed between his 1801 return from studying in London and his death in 1807. It also follows that, by the time of Malbone's death in 1807, Wood had developed his own style and was no longer subject to changes in that style resulting from comment from Malbone. </p><p>With Rogers being an apprentice to Wood, it is to be expected Rogers earlier work from 1811 would be similar to that of Wood, until Wood moved to Philadelphia in 1813 when Rogers could develop his own distinctive style, which is particularly noticeable with the sitter's eyes. According to Dunlap, Rogers commenced by working on the subordinate portions of the miniatures, which after one year Wood paid liberally for. That teacher/apprentice relationship has led to mistakes in attributions as discussed below. </p><p>The 1813 date is significant, as events associated with the War of 1812 led to a shortage of imported casework together with a decline in commissions for miniature painters generally, so Wood presumably hoped the grass would be greener in Philadelphia.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHLTK_-3o2-MXllRasNXci2d-xMNapnLOuJNIxge1caS_1smRK4PEL06PF6Yz_oenOUo18ie4xM9O-Da0fWtWAz06oy2UiQ-nAXXw9iRYBXLl28qyEZevd_eM4Lp-RfFcTY6DoA/s1600/Woodsmith.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722121050718755586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHLTK_-3o2-MXllRasNXci2d-xMNapnLOuJNIxge1caS_1smRK4PEL06PF6Yz_oenOUo18ie4xM9O-Da0fWtWAz06oy2UiQ-nAXXw9iRYBXLl28qyEZevd_eM4Lp-RfFcTY6DoA/s320/Woodsmith.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 229px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCW2PpUWV63iHgjTdDHSpBE8z1KJRHVzKWbtCwgShopi8JJNWmgkQRxDpaUmasREWaziz56gWpHHO7w5QYU2tgehnVOOPgFtB-TWzXIYm_GTUFgMij3TtEvvko0GSL7bGJdqHeg/s1600/WoodPeters.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722120255726295858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCW2PpUWV63iHgjTdDHSpBE8z1KJRHVzKWbtCwgShopi8JJNWmgkQRxDpaUmasREWaziz56gWpHHO7w5QYU2tgehnVOOPgFtB-TWzXIYm_GTUFgMij3TtEvvko0GSL7bGJdqHeg/s320/WoodPeters.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 227px;" /></a>A relatively large number of portraits have attributed to Wood, but some of them seem doubtful. In seeking a place to start I accessed the Smithsonian collection and immediately ran into difficulties!
Two, which should be benchmark miniatures, are held in the Smithsonian Collection. See<a href="http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/results/?id=5472"> Joseph Wood</a> The one with the darker background is of David Livingstone, 73mm x 61mm, said to be c1800, and that with the lighter background is of Master Peters, 68mm x 56mm, is said to date to 1804. They are both attributed to Joseph Wood.
</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqtnlNQp5sezMXN2E2mqU1mbzdRb4fjGHcvszUFNyA2-r7zuwPb4LlJVIXFU1EGjbVZ9qmHOW3t6ZePr4Cq4kweEWe7JORLsC5qrLVeUuXcImo4wvj8fBRc8Xz1srH9R3PVFTnw/s1600/ds+1400+rogers+man_0008.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqtnlNQp5sezMXN2E2mqU1mbzdRb4fjGHcvszUFNyA2-r7zuwPb4LlJVIXFU1EGjbVZ9qmHOW3t6ZePr4Cq4kweEWe7JORLsC5qrLVeUuXcImo4wvj8fBRc8Xz1srH9R3PVFTnw/s320/ds+1400+rogers+man_0008.jpg" style="height: 259px; width: 224px;" /></a><p>I have to start by saying that I believe they are by different artists. Although the Smithsonian dates the Livingstone portrait to c1800, the foliate case dates it to c1825-1830. The styles are quite different, e.g. the noses and facial tones and colouring, and I believe the miniature of David Livingstone is in fact by Nathaniel Rogers, which also better fits the date of the case.
That conclusion is reached after studying many miniatures by Rogers, including this one by Rogers which is one of nine miniatures by him in this collection, see <a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2011/09/rogers-nathaniel-three-children.html" target="_blank">View</a><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/11/novemebr-2010-nathaniel-rogers-at.html" target="_blank"></a> </p><p>The position on the ivory, the style of the face, and the supercilious expression about the eyes are much closer to the Livingstone miniature.
So how can one attribute miniatures to Joseph Wood?
Although artists changed clothing, hair styles, and sometimes background colours to reflect fashion, there were certain aspects of their work that changed less often during their painting careers. These include, the position of the sitter's head on the ivory, the distance the miniature was painted from, i.e. head or bust, and artists also tended to favour sitters to more often face one way, either left or right. As indicated in the comments above, it seems Wood's style had settled by the time of Malbone's death in 1807 and there was no reason for him to significantly change that style.
A question worth posing, is why Wood posed the sitter so relatively low on the ivory? The reason for this is that he was not professionally trained as a miniature painter and also painted large oil portraits where, conventionally, the sitter's head is often about one-third of the distance from the top to the bottom of the picture. Oil portraits also tend to show more of the upper body of the sitter. Hence, what Wood did, in contrast to those who painted mainly miniature portraits, was to depict the sitters in his miniatures in the pose and proportions they would have adopted in his larger oil portraits.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SJ5JuANufgFU9O_Yx8feiaWpjE8VKlKaizLUmfqupF4aQ81sATKhNdOlscy92J_neRqnr3HaTv4L5dr0PdMBrRqwEbSqLEkgiaz30Lz84IW0tWGVisVyDiiUhNSw1t5Vho-2qw/s1600/rob2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725417846547734322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SJ5JuANufgFU9O_Yx8feiaWpjE8VKlKaizLUmfqupF4aQ81sATKhNdOlscy92J_neRqnr3HaTv4L5dr0PdMBrRqwEbSqLEkgiaz30Lz84IW0tWGVisVyDiiUhNSw1t5Vho-2qw/s320/rob2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 234px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 186px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvd-AmZX1t6rrNssKZSQtvyBIK_cRyqk-LUv7X1LFC8gs4oVXCV50Lbt-fD3DAWeI1AcOH6hMqj9M9AkdqWX1Uc4ebLxmZeWIGwu-qnfzU3jr1Q9LINm4L2LWDZavMOXDAEVQXA/s1600/robertson.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725412963193782146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvd-AmZX1t6rrNssKZSQtvyBIK_cRyqk-LUv7X1LFC8gs4oVXCV50Lbt-fD3DAWeI1AcOH6hMqj9M9AkdqWX1Uc4ebLxmZeWIGwu-qnfzU3jr1Q9LINm4L2LWDZavMOXDAEVQXA/s320/robertson.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 196px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a> </p><p>One can often pick American and British miniature portraits copied from large oils, as they tend to demonstrate "oil portrait" proportions, instead of the artist modifying the portrait to fit the miniature format. </p><p>I commented on two examples of miniatures copied from large oil portraits when discussing incorrect attributions to Walter Robertson at <a class="gs-title" ctorig="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/case-of-walter-robertson-copies.html" cturl="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/case-of-walter-robertson-copies.html&sa=U&ei=7L90T6OrMomImQXVz4j_Bw&ved=0CAQQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEoPPJvD1817ifLYfGtB-lm8VKxVA" dir="ltr" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/case-of-walter-robertson-copies.html&sa=U&ei=7L90T6OrMomImQXVz4j_Bw&ved=0CAQQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEoPPJvD1817ifLYfGtB-lm8VKxVA" target="_self">2008 - Additions and Comment: The Case of <b>Walter Robertson</b> <b>...</b></a> They were the two ladies showing here. The older lady is still incorrectly attributed by the Smithsonian to Walter Robertson, see<a href="http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/results/?id=4080"> Walter Robertson</a> but cannot be by him as miniatures of this size and shape were not painted by any artists in America, or Britain for that matter, during the time Robertson spent in the United States in c1793-1797. (I need to say I also doubt two other attributions to Walter Robertson by the Smithsonian, those of Captain Joseph Anthony and portrait of a Gentleman, but will aim to discuss them in more detail on another occasion!) </p><p>My comments also disagreed with an attribution of the younger lady, Mrs Richard Peters (Abigail Willing), to Robertson made by Dale Johnson in her Metropolitan Museum catalogue. The Metropolitan appeared to heed that challenge as in their 2010 catalogue, the attribution to Robertson was amended to an unknown artist.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdvtqqa8Y-FE00OWyxEJo5GcrsP49N7fWK3BFWZfjOCIGjccRQhq5C6e2zDUTgv5x_gZppM3DFC49UJCDLOetWOb8xEnzS0k4iDYgaIULgnEnXQ8YT2XN5q8hjl9yYa_gW-Yl9g/s1600/309.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722191349243066354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdvtqqa8Y-FE00OWyxEJo5GcrsP49N7fWK3BFWZfjOCIGjccRQhq5C6e2zDUTgv5x_gZppM3DFC49UJCDLOetWOb8xEnzS0k4iDYgaIULgnEnXQ8YT2XN5q8hjl9yYa_gW-Yl9g/s200/309.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 262px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 212px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeVcO2Tifs-BDsjdE7ITUoOWxB1_QCOgXBKJNdaDKSgE-04L4zM-lxxOh37oYLVXu0xoDM3XaqQkTBQfoBg4JBpjWRNR3Dxuy6Sb2mv2XPf1PQoeVHXeuG9t8-qqKxbvs10k47A/s1600/Commodore-Oliver-Hazard-Perry-Joseph-Wood.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722193869616271026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeVcO2Tifs-BDsjdE7ITUoOWxB1_QCOgXBKJNdaDKSgE-04L4zM-lxxOh37oYLVXu0xoDM3XaqQkTBQfoBg4JBpjWRNR3Dxuy6Sb2mv2XPf1PQoeVHXeuG9t8-qqKxbvs10k47A/s200/Commodore-Oliver-Hazard-Perry-Joseph-Wood.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 263px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 211px;" /></a>Another benchmark miniature for Joseph Wood is the one on the left of Commodore Perry which is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The stylistic likeness to Master Peters is far more apparent than with the Livingstone miniature. </p><p>Yet another miniature by Wood showing here, but of an unknown sitter, was sold at auction by Bonhams in 2007. The commonality of style is now becoming apparent. Set low on the ivory, with a pale cloudy sky, posed in three-quarter profile, and with a small head relative to the ivory.
Also, in contrast to the Livingstone portrait, the three following miniatures are much closer in style to the Master Peters and Perry portraits and are therefore attributed to Joseph Wood. The positions on the ivory and the cloud effects are similar. The three are all in this <span style="font-style: italic;">Artists and Ancestors</span> collection, two being unidentified sitters and the central one being of Eleutheros Dana Comstock (1791-c1858) and likely painted for his 21st birthday in 1812. The right facing two are 78mm x 60mm, and the left facing Naval officer is 70mm x 57mm. </p><p>Wood has posed the naval officer facing left, so that his shoulder insignia does not become the focal point of the portrait.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ7oga0I1w-zi0FLlZq4Ezl8Zci-GFGr0iHxENFWxm5yPRHhQLU1WW4PCoi-le75RjfEXsANtkfq9D34kOWDaUWcGOIbVuFXOfoUFiZF61GRvmm_8-Yud_lzYLqYymGpeEJ5byw/s1600/ds+1465_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722134669027934978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ7oga0I1w-zi0FLlZq4Ezl8Zci-GFGr0iHxENFWxm5yPRHhQLU1WW4PCoi-le75RjfEXsANtkfq9D34kOWDaUWcGOIbVuFXOfoUFiZF61GRvmm_8-Yud_lzYLqYymGpeEJ5byw/s320/ds+1465_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 224px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 178px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcS8X4xRPY23UN0CMfUkZvuirCc4FkLeCPAysjXmUB0NJhY-sDJp22k91quU9zyDLNFiNteRNRfeivKBE-2tbtP6YlpLjiU-CcD4pddGvXmmaY19G_OLxGz4aLt2gE2blVoZ8ZYw/s1600/ds+1340+outofframe.jpg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722131044045299218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcS8X4xRPY23UN0CMfUkZvuirCc4FkLeCPAysjXmUB0NJhY-sDJp22k91quU9zyDLNFiNteRNRfeivKBE-2tbtP6YlpLjiU-CcD4pddGvXmmaY19G_OLxGz4aLt2gE2blVoZ8ZYw/s320/ds+1340+outofframe.jpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 226px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 189px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEGwGY0jVtLqN7HpBTNzwieQRh3QLAK5D8b-tDrPr_zxsL6O78akbWir7aTm9VuNiKQb9n-gl-bCqgzSPu1BchumSzcwnMGnvzUJrpnQ0OeCOoExKgZzXgqtp8ilYgkGUU7O9hA/s1600/ds+842+outofframe.jpg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722130487640512818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEGwGY0jVtLqN7HpBTNzwieQRh3QLAK5D8b-tDrPr_zxsL6O78akbWir7aTm9VuNiKQb9n-gl-bCqgzSPu1BchumSzcwnMGnvzUJrpnQ0OeCOoExKgZzXgqtp8ilYgkGUU7O9hA/s320/ds+842+outofframe.jpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 227px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 176px;" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oHls86PHUfISvgn2EskabVtqwe0TEjG0YyiYfKsoJNad7m070Fi3vh9XtHxu-dQjp_lg7fmY24OW6Wj7a1DDdy5uOMCQyCdcrUePlt1wZdUs_pj0v2yCeCS38i7tiGzbNqiGMg/s1600/ds+954+outofframe.jpg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722136831511760514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oHls86PHUfISvgn2EskabVtqwe0TEjG0YyiYfKsoJNad7m070Fi3vh9XtHxu-dQjp_lg7fmY24OW6Wj7a1DDdy5uOMCQyCdcrUePlt1wZdUs_pj0v2yCeCS38i7tiGzbNqiGMg/s320/ds+954+outofframe.jpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 234px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 197px;" /></a>Therefore that is a base of six miniatures with light backgrounds attributed to Joseph Wood, to compare with other miniatures said to by him. </p><p>There is at least one other miniature in this collection which is believed to likely be by Wood. It is of an unknown lady and in size is 56mm x 47mm. Although the background is less obvious, the pose and position on the ivory is similar to that of the men. This miniature indicates one aspect where circumstances dictated a modification of Wood's style. Here the background was darkened to provide a contrast with the white dress, otherwise there would have been a overall washed out appearance to the portrait.
In 2009 I noted the miniature depicted below in a "make-do" ebonised frame, was likely by Joseph Wood when it sold at auction. This is another example where Wood has used a dark background. Even though Wood has made the background made darker, which was necessary in this instance to contrast with the sitter's white hair, the facial appearance and position on the ivory correspond to the other Wood examples above. </p><p>As an aside, in my opinion the case for this miniature, as showing here, was an important example of make-do Embargo casework, dictated by shortages of British casework supplies during the War of 1812, as has been discussed elsewhere, see <a class="gs-title" ctorig="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-embargo-act-of-1807-and-19c.html" cturl="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-embargo-act-of-1807-and-19c.html&sa=U&ei=7L90T6OrMomImQXVz4j_Bw&ved=0CA4QFjAF&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNFgOD04W7vYKCrY9HnLTGQdeehfdw" dir="ltr" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-embargo-act-of-1807-and-19c.html&sa=U&ei=7L90T6OrMomImQXVz4j_Bw&ved=0CA4QFjAF&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNFgOD04W7vYKCrY9HnLTGQdeehfdw" target="_self">Case study - The Embargo Act of 1807 and 19C miniature portrait <b>...</b></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3AkLaVURSI8poGnW-wijBYR2x7CVrdShUxMyjbPuG0pBsKoVK7qp-QCGS-JsiCT4qEAqcpSwrGOPRk3DoKTXgoygatrmVJLqbt_OHyi-kzZ5bd1byY2KfJapxDoHUmUJ-1h79Q/s1600/woodr.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722154150159525650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3AkLaVURSI8poGnW-wijBYR2x7CVrdShUxMyjbPuG0pBsKoVK7qp-QCGS-JsiCT4qEAqcpSwrGOPRk3DoKTXgoygatrmVJLqbt_OHyi-kzZ5bd1byY2KfJapxDoHUmUJ-1h79Q/s200/woodr.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 209px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 180px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKHg3bvN89wQfGfJbODwSFKe4LDcAlt8UGCjs9erFygXJNAl45Uz7t1mvZkbwnolXaQy7UViLnmbZECa7cl2-8UozE5GJemzgARCYqnduzPPYpVq9sYkvusOVg_CXt7aL3H5xjg/s1600/woodf1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722154148990069858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKHg3bvN89wQfGfJbODwSFKe4LDcAlt8UGCjs9erFygXJNAl45Uz7t1mvZkbwnolXaQy7UViLnmbZECa7cl2-8UozE5GJemzgARCYqnduzPPYpVq9sYkvusOVg_CXt7aL3H5xjg/s200/woodf1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 214px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 195px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSPlo-KjkBn_3FJDT-QfKh1gO20mBSbmCAr4QWNfu-RixWlXqla8gsIjFez4ne-MSgloHrIYDfga1LCY7vV3WBDItV8kj8C3WkQ3tDscTQ5098SW6wulZuyUx-K0cLe5gTXpHcw/s1600/woodf.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722154146322672290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSPlo-KjkBn_3FJDT-QfKh1gO20mBSbmCAr4QWNfu-RixWlXqla8gsIjFez4ne-MSgloHrIYDfga1LCY7vV3WBDItV8kj8C3WkQ3tDscTQ5098SW6wulZuyUx-K0cLe5gTXpHcw/s200/woodf.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 218px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 174px;" /></a>Currently, I see the miniature still remains offered for sale by a well known dealer, but I believe with an erroneous attribution to Malbone, and in an inappropriate ornate replacement case, which dates to 20 years after Malbone's death and about 15 years after the miniature was painted by Wood. </p><p> The analysis has then arrived at eight miniature portraits with sufficient similarities that they can be attributed to Wood. One can then compare these with other miniatures said to be by Wood. Such comparisons are much harder when working with black and white images. The first place to look is in Wehle's <span style="font-style: italic;">American Miniatures 1730-1850</span>. Plate XXXVI illustrates two black and white miniatures by Wood, of John Green Proud and of a man. They appear to fit the above criteria and there seems no reason to doubt those attributions. </p><p>The next place to look is the Metropolitan Museum catalogue which includes ten miniatures said to be by Wood.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRl7HYYa6A0900oAVuwkeIK45vRWKkHXk1-uG-9xqvLCHefUqbrDtmoFcmTViGlxrVZ2bFfEHJKBlXUybfOMIpuvD6PiVeQM5t6hTDQuXqpIpF8hy3eq3K3TfuhqyXZaXZmOUtQ/s1600/woodstuart.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722144742486651394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRl7HYYa6A0900oAVuwkeIK45vRWKkHXk1-uG-9xqvLCHefUqbrDtmoFcmTViGlxrVZ2bFfEHJKBlXUybfOMIpuvD6PiVeQM5t6hTDQuXqpIpF8hy3eq3K3TfuhqyXZaXZmOUtQ/s320/woodstuart.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 236px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 188px;" /></a>The first Met one, Fig 184, showing here, has a darker background to contrast with the hair, is 52mm x 43mm, and bears a signature, "Jos. Wood pinx. 1805". I am a little uncertain about this one, but am prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt. Thus the attribution of this one to Wood is accepted at this stage.
It is a sad commentary on American miniatures that a well known collector and dealer, Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989), is known to have added signatures to miniatures he had attributed to specific artists. However, modern opinion does not always agree with Paine's attributions.
Paine was not the only person who did this, others did often with good intention, but they can be misleading. Hence signed American miniature portraits need to be approached with caution with greater attention paid to the style, than to any signatures on front or the reverse.</p><p> A recent instance showing the importance of style in attribution, was my research into a portrait of Emily Hinds by John Henry Brown, see <a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2011/12/brown-john-henry-portrait-of-emily.html" target="_blank">View</a> where the artist was initially recognised purely from the style, but then confirmed after locating a signature when the miniature arrived.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyRHpVs5Oi_-qXHe4sKmdYZSQx8iu85g_y55zNnhEcr0z120oiSghHSNPmi-buHm6-1eapDYvDO8rrBm2KQugU8LmYwObc4EbQBnUpin90DdeBlIKHgG2SSKEooJGxc4qHYxh-A/s1600/selfmet.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722183460818997762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyRHpVs5Oi_-qXHe4sKmdYZSQx8iu85g_y55zNnhEcr0z120oiSghHSNPmi-buHm6-1eapDYvDO8rrBm2KQugU8LmYwObc4EbQBnUpin90DdeBlIKHgG2SSKEooJGxc4qHYxh-A/s320/selfmet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 237px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 179px;" /></a>The Metropolitan also has a self-portrait by Wood, Fig 187, as showing here, where the pose and background broadly match the above examples, although giving the impression the background was never properly completed.
Comparison of the others attributed to Wood in the Metropolitan collection, shows that three appear demonstrably to be by another hand. They are Fig 185, Fig 189, and Fig 192 as below. They each place the sitter much higher on the ivory and are painted from a position much closer to the artist, so that the head appears much larger and less of the body is seen. The backgrounds are painted in a different style, with Fig 185 and Fig 189 having a more pointillist background, rather than the broader wash effect of the Wood portraits. </p><p>Although the centre one, Fig 189 is claimed to be in a replacement frame, the style suggests a British origin.
However, despite one of them bearing a signature, "J Wood Pinx. 1812", none of the three are believed to be by Wood. It is not the intent of this paper to categorically propose who they might be by, but more research is obviously needed.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxl4keZPWLxleQ7lbST8y3huwL7f5ZbhCFcHTnUB2BN8wpCSZWp4UtPNQh0YuQQoUw_PlT_U4VbfKeK-957rZ1xikx_ecmQvY6q50QzVJRbiKF77GLacCvJuiwH-whPSpGgpBeg/s1600/metno2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722185578020693618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxl4keZPWLxleQ7lbST8y3huwL7f5ZbhCFcHTnUB2BN8wpCSZWp4UtPNQh0YuQQoUw_PlT_U4VbfKeK-957rZ1xikx_ecmQvY6q50QzVJRbiKF77GLacCvJuiwH-whPSpGgpBeg/s200/metno2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 215px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 174px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtAjzV9_R87ELz05Hva-O95uh7Jt0CceE26fbhUNjeiZya5kkClN8s9FBNXF7EidBG3qJkPV4lUjHBjyIs_1tphyphenhyphenWk2_3NMpbKDXKwvxOX4JakuCvi7Dxjd59E6UVNteCLIrI-g/s1600/metno3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722186429137793490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtAjzV9_R87ELz05Hva-O95uh7Jt0CceE26fbhUNjeiZya5kkClN8s9FBNXF7EidBG3qJkPV4lUjHBjyIs_1tphyphenhyphenWk2_3NMpbKDXKwvxOX4JakuCvi7Dxjd59E6UVNteCLIrI-g/s200/metno3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 214px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 180px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5ld0j7ztZUhRERAebgzZ3_nMEg5z9O-nwsGP9inwzlAV3mdV_105J5qruDRDGonrT2iqPkiAx0GQgJFD0oRsWNFpTZZqxJbGhpOBvsW5RYSnj_zIGUuyBvC50W0Ve_FTmZMaNQ/s1600/metno1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722186937823060386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5ld0j7ztZUhRERAebgzZ3_nMEg5z9O-nwsGP9inwzlAV3mdV_105J5qruDRDGonrT2iqPkiAx0GQgJFD0oRsWNFpTZZqxJbGhpOBvsW5RYSnj_zIGUuyBvC50W0Ve_FTmZMaNQ/s200/metno1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 219px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 176px;" /></a>Proposing attributions for them is more difficult, but as a start point for research, it is suggested that the right hand miniature, Fig 192, is more likely by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840) as it is very similar in style to several miniatures by Jarvis, in particular, Fig 98, Fig 99, and Fig 100, in <span style="font-style: italic;">John Wesley Jarvis</span> by Harold Dickson.</p><p> Other possibilities are Henry Inman (1801-1846), who was trained by Jarvis, and Daniel Dickinson (1795-1877), the younger brother of Anson Dickinson.
Another perhaps doubtful attribution in the Metropolitan collection is Fig 186 of Miss Muir. A colour photo of the background may help, but in looking at her portrait it is seen that her nose is almost straight on to the viewer, whereas the other miniatures attributed to Wood show the sitter's nose in three-quarter profile.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ4hp1TsqVkBQLfM82VHpdiSxTfSOguTQ2k2hv7VjD-MAE7SLXq0tjbinFS2opWFb5xDr0QHRiPoqyc86xDWJrpFnPXKPX1AMWRcN4V7_ITYOyUKFWqXC7ImiM2MjuwJVpJjzJA/s1600/231.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723196566408349314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ4hp1TsqVkBQLfM82VHpdiSxTfSOguTQ2k2hv7VjD-MAE7SLXq0tjbinFS2opWFb5xDr0QHRiPoqyc86xDWJrpFnPXKPX1AMWRcN4V7_ITYOyUKFWqXC7ImiM2MjuwJVpJjzJA/s320/231.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 261px;" /></a>[At the risk of upsetting the Metropolitan Museum even further, I feel obliged to question whether their Fig 231, as showing here, is by Nathaniel Rogers. Of the nine miniatures by Nathaniel Rogers in this collection and the nineteen in the Metropolitan collection, a total of 28 miniatures, Fig 231 is the only one whose eyes do not look direct at the artist. For that and other reasons, I doubt Rogers was the artist.]
The Metropolitan miniature, Fig 188, also raises a query. </p><p>All of the base group of attributions to Wood as above have the sitter looking direct at the artist, whereas the gaze of Fig 188 is directed well to the left of the artist. That leaves only three further Wood attributions in the Metropolitan collection, Fig 190, Fig 191, and Fig 193 which are not shown here. Again, colour images would assist, but these three appear to fit the criteria for Wood; a small head, lowish on the ivory, and a pale background.
Therefore, based upon this analysis, five of the ten miniatures depicted and attributed to Joseph Wood in the Metropolitan Museum collection have question marks raised over the earlier attributions.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZCGIrwrvyAgcLUUwWNtyHkUlzlLc23RmUpNvKdawLclykm-SjO-bK5o8_beVbviTRyRSMSJ5O9AdkDDazKvwpOD55RpZHdNHTZcpM0qHGcND-d_HXjO56zBEtJ7fidKtunDwng/s1600/pinkney.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722873337953583138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZCGIrwrvyAgcLUUwWNtyHkUlzlLc23RmUpNvKdawLclykm-SjO-bK5o8_beVbviTRyRSMSJ5O9AdkDDazKvwpOD55RpZHdNHTZcpM0qHGcND-d_HXjO56zBEtJ7fidKtunDwng/s320/pinkney.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 226px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 181px;" /></a> </p><p>Another apparent incorrect attribution to Joseph Wood was a miniature of William Pinkney, sold by Cowan's Auctions in 2003. It was described as attributed to Wood, but to me the quality does not look good enough for his work. Based upon examples in the Metropolitan Museum, such as Fig 161 and Fig 162, and comparisons of the background colours and facial features, I am more inclined to attribute the Pinkney miniature to Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825).
The impression gained from the above analysis is that there has never been a proper study of the work of Joseph Wood. Thus he has become a convenient catch-all attribution for some dealers. For example, there are a couple of miniatures currently offered for sale by dealers with attributions to Joseph Wood, but none of them fit the criteria outlined above. Hence there is little advantage to be gained by depicting them here.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRm2sAe8ZIoftgoBIbBC-hQdFzxC3Hjv-cfiElMhPLbnhyphenhyphenuiiAcPS6tDLNZ8MqZaeg206aY8XBfLVw_jq7oAsW-2gog9Q5sp121INBJuUNZidZDcnYAuwTPoJj69LkG0qP6dHkw/s1600/Miniature+arrangement+001.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756220702764912098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRm2sAe8ZIoftgoBIbBC-hQdFzxC3Hjv-cfiElMhPLbnhyphenhyphenuiiAcPS6tDLNZ8MqZaeg206aY8XBfLVw_jq7oAsW-2gog9Q5sp121INBJuUNZidZDcnYAuwTPoJj69LkG0qP6dHkw/s320/Miniature+arrangement+001.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 202px;" /></a>As indicated earlier, comments about this analysis are welcome, in particular further examples by Wood in colour which can allow an even better base for future study.
<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Later: </span>A kind visitor has sent me images of a group of family miniature portraits which have remained within their family since they were painted. It is wonderful for portraits to remain with families, and for the sitters to be known.
Family tradition had been that all miniatures in the photo, excluding the oval one on the right had been painted by Nathaniel Rogers. However, after looking at the images, I believed the two in black frames were by Joseph Wood, as they closely resemble the other examples of Wood's work shown above. I mentioned this to the owner and observed that confusion between Wood and Rogers was not surprising, because as Dale Johnson has observed, Rogers was apprenticed to Wood from 1811. Dale further commented, "Rogers progressed rapidly and in a short time was painting the secondary areas of miniatures, principally the clothing and background."</p><p>The owner of these miniatures then checked the family records and found that the two in black frames were painted in 1810, i.e. before Rogers became an apprentice to Wood. In this instance it is unsurprising that family tradition had attributed all the miniatures to Rogers.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvdt5CM4vOWKXkg3rCRXfYx3sYSBRPTpRINrq4ilASl-KbO0oOo98Mv0_eyLINCtHjDWf_WwgBvZGjjnHbbtQ_Zh8SuSUBdOWc_NzCjv5xaUYfs_-nmgc0ghypDLRCWBoArjFHg/s1600/wood.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756227429885957938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvdt5CM4vOWKXkg3rCRXfYx3sYSBRPTpRINrq4ilASl-KbO0oOo98Mv0_eyLINCtHjDWf_WwgBvZGjjnHbbtQ_Zh8SuSUBdOWc_NzCjv5xaUYfs_-nmgc0ghypDLRCWBoArjFHg/s320/wood.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 248px;" /></a>The existence of this group of dated and identified miniatures still owned by one family is thus very important evidence supporting the conclusions about style in the above discussion of the work of Joseph Wood.
Also showing here is an image of a miniature sent to me by another kind collector of American miniatures who had been advised by an expert on American miniatures that it was by Joseph Wood. I agree and it is pleasing to have expert endorsement of this as a further attribution to Wood. It matches the style of the other identified examples depicted here and there seems little doubt that the examples presented here are now sufficient in number to provide a good guide for any future attributions of his work.</p>Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-1162329566519561582021-11-28T12:10:00.003-08:002023-11-13T14:53:15.253-08:00Welcome to a Free Art Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures<span style="font-style: italic;">[Welcome to new followers who saw this site on </span><a class="l" href="http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsofnote.blogspot.com%2F&ei=2VM2TKLSD4ehnQefuKjkAw&usg=AFQjCNFjVw7Y7xrGC2yb62_f0MNs-N30hw&sig2=VQkAKXaCkp-krrTQVd9IsQ" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNFjVw7Y7xrGC2yb62_f0MNs-N30hw','VQkAKXaCkp-krrTQVd9IsQ','0CBsQFjAA')" style="font-style: italic;"><i><i>Blogs of Note</i></i></a><span style="font-style: italic;">. I hope you find the subject fascinating. I am willing to answer questions about miniatures and I get several questions each week. Click on my profile for the address. Questions are often from people who have portraits of ancestors, or found a miniature in a drawer. In late 2021 I rarely add to this website, but the information remains a helpful resource for collectors.]</span><br />
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Thus read on, in a user friendly format, the website displays a private collection of miniature portraits. A kind visitor has emailed; <span style="font-weight: bold;">"It is definitely the best online art website that I have found yet."</span><br />
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But before exploring, please take a few seconds to imagine yourself 200 years ago, with no computers, no television, no films, no photographs, and no color printing in magazines or newspapers. Consider how unique these miniature paintings were, in capturing likenesses we now take for granted, and think how few other delicate objects of that age have lasted so well.<br />
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The Exhibition should appeal to art lovers, family historians, and fashion historians who can study hairstyles and clothing, changing over the centuries. Increasingly, the website focuses on known sitters and represents a new view of history, by "stepping through the back of a portrait".<br />
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If necessary, please wait a minute or so for the Slideshow Previews to appear (hopefully! - some browsers may have problems) and click to start. They show examples of miniatures on the left by American artists, and on the right by British and European artists. More miniatures are included in the various Gallery Links to the right, reached by clicking on the blue hyperlinks. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNz8exFeXx3GT87jw7dpZNxCNLRV57V6FepHbfRtkxHgTFBYMdd9_IRtQqq12OPz2qou82HTK4Mhj_Bsov-EfcJV9h2hWM98eigpPWBRf0GIgNtiJ1zU0_uRCtW3WYhISoGvQe_g/s1600-h/ds+1287+robertson.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140229788194119954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNz8exFeXx3GT87jw7dpZNxCNLRV57V6FepHbfRtkxHgTFBYMdd9_IRtQqq12OPz2qou82HTK4Mhj_Bsov-EfcJV9h2hWM98eigpPWBRf0GIgNtiJ1zU0_uRCtW3WYhISoGvQe_g/s320/ds+1287+robertson.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;" /></a>There are over 1200 miniatures in the collection from America, Britain and Europe. All being easy to view and arranged in separate Galleries. In addition, hundreds more fine miniatures in other private collections can be accessed via links on the right. The exhibition format is:<br />
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1 <a href="http://portrait-miniature.blogspot.com/2006/10/introduction-to-miniatures.html">Introduction to Miniatures</a><br />
2 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/genuine-copy-fake-and-decorative.html">Copy, Fake, and Decorative Miniatures</a><br />
3 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/miniatures-and-photograph.html">Miniatures and the Photograph</a><br />
4 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/focus-of-collection.html">Focus of the Collection</a><br />
5 <a href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/">Additions and Comment since 2009</a><br />
6 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/guest-gallery.html">Guest Gallery</a><br />
7 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/histroy-of-collection.html">History of the Collection</a><br />
8 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/highlights.html">Highlights</a><br />
9 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/american-galleries_14.html">American Galleries</a><br />
10 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/british-galleries.html">British Galleries</a><br />
11 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/european-galleries.html">European Galleries</a><br />
12 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/art-collecting-links.html">Art Collecting Links</a><br />
13 <a href="http://miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/2007/12/bibliography.html">Bibliography</a><br />
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For more detail click on the blue links above or on the right under Gallery Links. Alternatively, use the Site Search box to search for artists, sitters, or key words. <b>To email me with questions about miniatures, just click on my photo for a link. As a service to collectors, I do not charge for brief inquiries, but am also willing to advise collectors wishing to dispose of collections of miniatures. </b><br />
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The 2008 entries can be seen consecutively in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://www.new-additions.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">2008 Additions and Comment</a> or items of interest can be selected below.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(Research being like a detective story, the major items really do feel like cases!). Entries can also be seen, starting at <a href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/">2009 Additions and Comment</a><br />
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The following slide-shows depicts some portraits acquired for the collection.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Some older Posts </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">December - Auction news <b>-</b></span><b><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-market-sales.html" target="_blank"> View</a></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">November - Nathaniel Rogers at auction <b>- </b></span><b><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/11/novemebr-2010-nathaniel-rogers-at.html" target="_blank">View</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></b><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">November - Two additions -<b> </b></span><b><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/11/november-louisa-strobel-and-susan.html" target="_blank">View</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></b><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">October - Three additions - </span><b><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/11/october-three-additions-to-collection.html" target="_blank">View</a></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">September - Two additions - </span><b><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-various.html" target="_blank">View</a></b><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">August - Rare wax portrait by Ethel Frances Mundy <b>-</b></span><b><a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2010/07/mundy-ethel-frances-portrait-of.html" target="_blank"> View</a></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">July - Rare miniature on porcelain and new information - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/07/july.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">July - Expanded research on recent additions - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-additions-to-collection.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">June - Items of interest and more on Barratt fakes - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-items-of-interest-and-more-on.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">June - Is the case original? - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-is-casework-original.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">May - Fakes and items of interest - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-fakes-and-items-of-interest.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">April - Recent sales noted - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/03/april-recent-sales-noted.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">March - Horace Walpole on Samuel Cooper - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-horace-walpole-on-samuel-cooper.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">March - A new book and some modern fakes - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-book-and-exhibition-and-some.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">March - Current news - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-current-news.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">February - That book again! - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-that-book-again.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">January - Mainly American miniatures - </span><a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/12/january-2010-mainly-american-miniatures.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">[- </span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Re the Carlisle book!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span> For more see<br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a class="l" href="http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftherealmrfrankenstein.blogspot.com%2F&ei=jNZyS4-QOoPcsgPwrey0BQ&usg=AFQjCNEr09kyStph618DFgKzKUysJ_g8Yw&sig2=zsJs9j6YSWkvQqbqCUisjg" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','res','1','AFQjCNEr09kyStph618DFgKzKUysJ_g8Yw','&sig2=zsJs9j6YSWkvQqbqCUisjg','0CAoQFjAA')" style="font-weight: bold;"><i>The Real Mr Frankenstein</i></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwqW2YmJ_Lr8Nx6jVm8FS7tfBr1JpHMY_m73OPV1l2EKETtqfgvoVLowRE5wgSKDEot_67KY-VyVMtnUwaigcjy5eo5-4l4thyphenhyphenoDvIdwQ__z5vgjxeUXUgj5z3OEdQyZWw1Po/s1600-h/ds+1350+coverfinal1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385478918231816226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwqW2YmJ_Lr8Nx6jVm8FS7tfBr1JpHMY_m73OPV1l2EKETtqfgvoVLowRE5wgSKDEot_67KY-VyVMtnUwaigcjy5eo5-4l4thyphenhyphenoDvIdwQ__z5vgjxeUXUgj5z3OEdQyZWw1Po/s400/ds+1350+coverfinal1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 311px;" /></a></span><br />
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</span>The inspiration for the biography was the purchase of a miniature portrait of Carlisle for this collection, and it is shown here on the cover. The research has been fascinating and incredible, but also sobering, as it including the uncovering of a series of murders of pregnant women by famous men midwives of the 18C. This truly is an example where truth is stranger than fiction.<br />
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The book has been published on the Internet, as freely available for private research at:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1011681182245722621#overview/src=dashboard">The Real Mr Frankenstein</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Old Posts</span><br />
December - Some additions - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-some-additions-nb-this-post-is.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
November - A record price and a sad story - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-record-price-and-sad-story.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
October - Buyer Beware - how to waste $18,000 - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-buyer-beware-how-to-waste-15000.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
October - The Real Mr Frankenstein now published! - <a class="link" href="http://therealmrfrankenstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/welcome.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
September - Modern miniatures and research - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-modern-miniatures-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - Stolen miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/08/august-stolen-miniatures.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - The Real Mr Frankenstein and wearing a miniature - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/08/august-real-mr-frankenstein-and-wearing.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - A new book and a question about condition - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/07/august-new-book-and-question-about.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
July - Additions and market comment - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-additons-and-market-comment.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
June - An addition and some queries - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-queries-abouit-miniatures.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - Market snippets and more on fakes - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-snippets-still-in-progress.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - Magazine articles on American miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-magazine-articles-on-american.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - Snippets and painting miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-snippets-and-comments.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
March - Snippets and an addition - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-few-snippets-and-addition.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
February - The Yves St Laurent sale - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-yves-st-laurent-sale.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
February - Market place and an addition - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-market-place-and-addition.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
January - An addition and various comments - <a class="link" href="http://portmin.blogspot.com/2009/02/january-addition-and-market-place.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">2008</span><br />
December - Annual Review for 2008 - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2009/01/annual-review-for-2008.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
December - Additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/12/december-additions-to-collection.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
December - The market- fake and genuine miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/12/december-market-fake-and-genuine.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
November - Fake and genuine miniatures in the market place - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-more-from-market-fake-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
November - Two additions - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/11/personal-view-of-2008-financial-crisis.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
November- "Blog Following" and the market place - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-blog-following-and-market.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
November - Miniatures of George Washington - fake and genuine. - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-george-washington-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
November - Art of Mourning - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-art-of-mourning.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">October - The Case of the 4th Earl, the Harem, and the Great Art Fraud -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2008/10/unknown-portrait-of-4th-earl-of.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
October - A Spanish miniature portrait collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-new-miniature-collection-for.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
October - The Market for Miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-financial-crisis-and-art-market.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
October - More from the Market - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-financial-crisis-and-art-market_16.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
September - A likely fake and the real Mr Frankenstein - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/09/september-likely-fake-and-dr.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">September - The Case of the American Count and the Cookbook</span> - <a class="link" href="http://european-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2008/09/unknown-portrait-of-elector-karl.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
September - New exhibition in Germany - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/september-new-exhibition-in-germany.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - American additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-american-additions-to-collection.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - Fakes, condition issues, and the market place - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-fakes-condition-issues-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - Preview - Comstock, Conger, Starr, and Stout families - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/07/august-preview-comstock-conger-starr.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
August - The impact of the 1807 Embargo Act on miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-embargo-act-of-1807-and-19c.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">August - The Case of the Cabinet-Maker's Daughter -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2008/07/thomson-william-john-portrait-of.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
July - Researching sitters and decorative miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-mailbag-researching-sitters-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
July - American additions and Mr Darcy - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-additions-and-comment.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">July - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of Isaac Buckingham and The People vs McCool</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> -</span> <a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2008/06/unknown-portrait-of-isaac-buckingham.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
June - Market place and miscellany - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/06/june-market-place-and-miscellany.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
June - Additions to the collection and research - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/06/june-additions-to-collection-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">June - The Case of the Military Matriarch </span>- <a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2008/05/fraser-charles-mary-branford-shubrick.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - Exhibitions, new literature, stolen miniature - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-exhibitions-new-literature-stolen.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - New and recent literature on miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-new-and-recent-literature-on.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - Twenty years on the trail of William Douglas - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/05/twenty-years-on-trail-of-william.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - Research and literature - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-research-and-literature.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - American additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-american-additions-to-collection.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">May - The Case of the Speed Family and Abraham Lincoln - </span><a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2008/04/unknown-portrait-of-judge-john-speed.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
May - New Research and trivia - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-research-and-trivia.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - New dictionary of French miniature painters - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-new-dictionary-of-french.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - The American market place - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-une-collection-francaise-and.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - Une Collection Francaise - <span class="content"></span><a href="http://afrenchcollection.blogspot.com/">View Blog</a><br />
April - Additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-addions-to-collection.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - Market place and other things - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-market-place-and-other-things.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - Miniature portrait of Benjamin West - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-miniature-portrait-of-benjamin.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
April - Fakes and decorative miniatures - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/04/fakes-and-decorative-miniatures.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">April - The Case of the von Cramon family and the Hitler bomb plot</span> - <a class="link" href="http://european-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2008/03/kellner-dorothea-von-cramon-portraits.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
March - Miscellany and more on museums - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-miscellany-and-more-on-museums.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
March - Additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-additions.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
March - Market place - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-market-place.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
March - The exhibition of eBay Boycott Art - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-ebay-boycott.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">March - The Case of the British Rodin - </span><a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/2008/01/clark-john-stewart-portrait-of-john.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
February - Additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-addtions.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">February</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">- The Case to Open the Museum Doors!</span> - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2007/12/feb-2008-special-report-close-museum.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
February - Stolen miniature portraits - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-stolen-miniature-portraits.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
February - Harriet Josephine Turner - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-portrait-of-harriet-josephine.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
February - Market place - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-market-place.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
January - Blue eyes, record price, - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/february-blue-eyes-record-price-john.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
January - A forgotten family story - <a class="link" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2008/01/hall-e-portraits-of-root-family.html" target="_blank">View</a><a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/january-miscellaney.html" target="_blank"></a><br />
January - Additions to the collection - <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/january-additions.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">January - The Case of Walter Robertson -</span> <a class="link" href="http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/01/case-of-walter-robertson-copies.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
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See also the <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://recent-additions.blogspot.com/2007/12/review-of-2007-and-websiteblog-for-2008.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Annual Review for 2007</a> and some previous cases below from:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">An Art Collector's Casebook:<br />
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</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Coal Mining Family from Ohio</span> - <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/2006/05/eckardt-otto-portraits-of-_114861831065124234.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Lady Sculptor from Boston</span> - <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Mark Twain Portrait</span> - <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/2006/04/wilmot-e-portrait-of-mark-twain.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Link between Pocahontas and George Washington -</span> <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/2006/05/eckardt-otto-portraits-of-marmet.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2007/09/unknown-portrait-of-john-williams.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Slave Trader's Widow -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2007/03/portrait-of-esther-watson-tobin.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Scandalous 19C Divorce -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2007/04/unknown-portraits-of-faussett-family.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Painter Princess -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures.blogspot.com/2007/10/princess-amelia-portrait-of-george-iii.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the 15 year old Eloping Heiress -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/ridley-agnes-portrait-of-henrietta.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Gift from Napoleon</span> - <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/duchesne-portrait-of-napoleon.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Unknown Victoria Cross Winner -</span> <a class="link" href="http://british-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/unknown-portrait-of-soldier-with.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Forgotten Author -</span> <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/rogers-nathaniel-portrait-of-anne.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Chemistry Professor and the Spirit Mediums -</span> <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/peale-james-portrait-of-dr-robert-hare.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Portrait of Aaron Burr -</span> <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/unknown-portrait-of-aaron-burr.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Case of the Governor's Grand March -</span> <a class="link" href="http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/chappel-alonzo-portrait-of-silas.html" target="_blank">View</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">(Please note that Copyright for all portraits and written content on this website and its subsidiary pages remains with the Owner, but images may be copied for private or educational research with an appropriate credit or an Internet link to this website. Clicking on About Me should bring up an email link.)</span></span></span>Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-1964798202454189242019-01-09T15:24:00.003-08:002021-11-28T13:28:05.558-08:00January 2019 - Several additions to the collection.Several miniature portraits have been added to the collection over recent months.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Memin Chief of the Little Osages - small ds 1518</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<b>Chief of the Little Osages by St Memin</b><br />
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This miniature portrait is a little larger than most miniatures, and is believed genuine.<br />
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It was acquired on Ebay from a reputable London UK art dealer who <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">described it,
"This picture was purchased from a folder of prints
and drawing at my local Sunday antique market
recently, this is the only provenance I have for the
piece therefore I am offering the drawing as after St
Memin." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The portrait was offered at an opening bid of $225 and acquired at a price a little above that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">There are already in this collection a couple of St Memin engravings, and my library includes a copy of the comprehensive St Memin catalogue (460 pages) prepared by Ellen G. Miles. Hence, there was more confidence in being prepared to take a calculated risk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">By comparison with other Indian portraits by St Memin, before bidding it was possible to come to a preliminary opinion the portrait was possibly genuine. This opinion was reinforced when the miniature arrived. The quality being too good for a fake, especially when offered for sale at $225. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">After the auction closed, I did ask the dealer if
he had communicated with anyone in USA about it, but he replied
he had not.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NYHS St Memin Chief of the Little Osages large </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">In referring to the catalogue, the portrait appears
as a final, but smaller version of large one owned by NYHS, Cat. 161 (Fig. 7-22), but in red
and black chalk, and on watermarked paper. </span>These portraits were sketched by St Memin of the Osages who were with the first delegation to Washington in 1804.<br />
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St-Memin
used a device that projected the subject's images onto paper and then
were traced, so their outlines were perfectly represented. The smaller portraits were probably made by reversing the process, to sketch the smaller portrait by copying the larger portraits.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The size of ds 1518 is
7.5 x 5.5 inches, which is similar to these other small portraits in the catalogue, Cat. 162 (7.25 x
6.5in), Cat. 634 (7.25 x 6 5/16in), Cat. 636 (7.25 x
6.75in), Cat. 637 (5 7/8 x 4.25in), Cat. 746 (7.25 x
6.5in), and Cat. 976 (7.25 x 6.25in). Thus, they are all likely all cut
down from larger sheets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">When held to the light, there is a
sideways part watermark on ds 1518, very similar, but not
identical, to fig. 4.8. On the edge are several stitch
holes similar to those on Cat. 633. See the images further below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The six smaller portraits above are
watercolours, rather than chalk, and i</span>n
looking through the catalogue I see Indian
portraits in black and white chalk, but not obviously in red and
black chalk. I am inclined to the opinion that the NYHS version was a preliminary portrait, with the medium one below as a version in red and black, reduced in size, and ds 1518 as the final version in red and black chalk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The signature
appears similar to genuine items, but I accept a
signature is often the last item to consider in
attributing an artwork.The signature in at the extreme bottom right, whereas the Christies version is at middle left. The re-positioning being selected to give a better balance. It also seems more likely any fake would seek to show the signature in the same position as on the Christies version. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christies 30/1/1997 medium</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">I note another version of
the portrait at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/charles-balthazar-julien-fevret-de-saint-m%C3%A9min/the-chief-of-the-little-osages-2FZjkVkDZPk1QXyXy7HU0g2" target="_blank">
http://www.artnet.com/artists/charles-balthazar-julien-fevret-de-saint-m%C3%A9min/the-chief-of-the-little-osages-2FZjkVkDZPk1QXyXy7HU0g2</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">This has marginally less detail than ds 1518, and
a similar signature, but placed at centre left, rather
than bottom right. I do not know where that version
currently resides, but </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">that link appears to refer to the portrait offered by Christies, where the medium is also red and black chalk.</span> </span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Interestingly it is reportedly
12.4in by 7.7in, i.e. a sheet of paper which, if cut
in half, would give two pieces, each close to the size
of the version here, and to the other six noted above.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">It was offered by Christies as lot 215 on 30 January 1997 with an estimate of $8,000-12,000, but appears to have been unsold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">It was described as:</span><br />
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Allowing for the extra width and depth on the medium image, I am of the opinion the actual heads of the medium and small miniatures are the same size. The small portrait is a little
more complete, with more detail on the earring and the neckwear.<br />
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Accordingly, I am currently of the opinion that ds 1518 is a final version of the larger versions. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">With an apology to Ellen Miles for raising it, I</span> do hope she will not regard me as
impertinent, in suggesting that I tend to doubt, on pages
150-51, that Cat. 161. and Cat 162 in her catalogue are the same sitter.
Presumably NYHS has, for many years, claimed they are
the same sitter? I sense 162 is related, via a similar
profile, perhaps father or uncle, but he appears to be
older than 161.<br />
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Apart from different clothing, the top
of his hair leans a different way, his pig-tail is
shorter, and his earring different. Also, a second
covered pigtail is more clearly seen in the attached
version of 161, whereas in 162 the second pigtail is
uncovered.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Memin ds 1518 watermark</td></tr>
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Thus at present, although not yet 100% certain, I currently
lean towards the ds 1518 miniature portrait as being genuine, based on the
quality, the watermark, the technique, the paper, the
size, the signature, and the appearance as a final
version of both Cat 161 and the medium version. </div>
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A possible explanation for the portrait being found in London, England, is that it was more easily transported than the large, preliminary drawings and may have been acquired by a British collector in New York and taken to England.. </div>
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However, I would be grateful for any other thoughts on this St Memin portrait. ds 1518.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuYlZ9AO5uI3HbMPZ_Ei599CJaa1LQ9zwONc0TzUgdlgB-i8Mi4gQ_ZKkYxyQJflxTLcAPHhzuiHpNdaVRIBwG34DNRLz9F-ALDArFF4aorxjqKtSRDDs7T2-c90TCKe6hfba4w/s1600/ds+1524+Pamelia+Hill+out+of+case.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="411" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuYlZ9AO5uI3HbMPZ_Ei599CJaa1LQ9zwONc0TzUgdlgB-i8Mi4gQ_ZKkYxyQJflxTLcAPHhzuiHpNdaVRIBwG34DNRLz9F-ALDArFF4aorxjqKtSRDDs7T2-c90TCKe6hfba4w/s320/ds+1524+Pamelia+Hill+out+of+case.jpg" width="279" /></a>Miniatures
by the American artist, Pamelia Hill (1803-60) are uncommon. Some
sources give her name as Pamela Hill, but Pamelia is the correct
spelling.<br />
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The miniature is signed on the reverse "Painted by Pamelia Hill June 1842".<br />
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Smithsonian has one example by her, where it is stated, "Little is
known about the miniaturist Pamelia Hill, except that she worked in
Massachusetts before the Civil War and painted several portraits of
prominent Worcester families."<br />
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This is an American miniature portrait on ivory from c.1930-40, in a typical metal frame of the time.<br />
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is signed P. Phillips, which is not the name of a recognised artist. It
is not readily discernible as on a photographic base, but that may be
the medium, with Phillips as the name of the photographer, who then
arranged for the hand colouring of the portrait. <br />
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was an American miniature painter, Josephine Phillips who was active in
1934-38, so she may have been a relative of the artist. <br />
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Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-40115262101021680322017-03-03T16:12:00.001-08:002018-06-13T15:59:52.736-07:00New Books and Additions in 2016-18<b>2018 New Books</b><br />
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There are three interesting new books on miniature portraits. One of general interest, one with a selection of informative and helpful essays, and one for the specialist.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><b><i>G Engleheart Pinxit 1805: A year in the life of George Engleheart</i></b>, by John Webley. 124pp. Available on Amazon. </span><br />
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The author has chosen an original approach to the miniaturist George Engleheart, in a manner to appeal to art historians, social historians, and any in the general public who enjoy solving a mystery. Instead of writing a book around a readily available selection of Engleheart portraits, John Webley has treated Engleheart as a "cold-case" investigation, by researching and writing on every subject painted by Engleheart in a single year, 1805. This gives a cross-section of society, granted only those who could afford the cost of an Engleheart portrait, but therefore a mix of that class; those famous in their times, and also those sitters otherwise since forgotten by history. The book covers sitters for a single year, but one could imagine the process continuing for other years, to make an interesting series.<br />
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George Engleheart was a remarkable portrait miniaturist who flourished
in London from the 1770’s to 1820’s. He trained as a pupil under Sir
Joshua Reynolds and became miniature painter to George III, painting his
portrait on over twenty occasions. His contemporaries in England were
primarily Cosway, Smart, Wood and Crosse but Engleheart’s artistic
output was almost certainly unrivalled. During his lifetime he painted
nearly 5,000 miniatures and, for most of his active life, he
meticulously recorded the names of his clients. These names were later
transcribed into what is referred to as his fee book, details of which
have been made available to researchers by his descendants. Who were
these clients coming into his studio and what conversations might have
been taking place as Engleheart painted their portraits? What stories
did they have to tell? In G Engleheart Pinxit 1805 one year from
Engleheart’s fee book is taken; 1805, the year of Trafalgar and a year
in a period of turbulence and change in British history. The Napoleonic
Wars had started in 1803, the foothold in India was expanding, trade
with the East and West Indies was flourishing and fortunes were being
made and lost.<br />
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The clients recorded by Engleheart in 1805 are
investigated and the book brings to life what is otherwise a dry list of
names. The result is a remarkable snapshot of the society of the day
and an insight into the very diverse mix of Regency patronage of the
arts. The clients include aristocrats, military officers, naval captains
of the Royal Navy and the mercantile service of the East India Company,
slave owners, bankers, industrialists, actors and merchants. Well-known
names of the period feature such as Paget, Leslie, Lygon, Gosling,
Hamilton, Munden, Bogle French and Maitland. The book gives a
fascinating insight into life in Britain at the beginning of the 19th
century and is illustrated with over 50 illustrations, nearly all in
colour, and includes miniatures by Engleheart, portraits from important
collections and contemporary paintings of the period relevant to the
sitters being described. The primary purpose of the book is to provide a
unique insight into Regency patronage but a secondary purpose is to see
whether analysis of this kind can also be used to identify unidentified
sitters. The vast majority of miniatures that come to market have sadly
lost the identity of the men or women who proudly sat for their
portraits to be painted.<br />
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This book shows how, with the vastly increased
resources now available through the internet, it is possible to increase
the chances of these sitters being identified or, at least, to
considerably narrow the list of possible candidates. Who is the sitter
on the cover of the book? Based on the analysis carried out a conclusion
is reached.<br />
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<b><i>Portrait Miniatures: Artists, Functions and Collections, Volume 2</i>, </b>edited by Bernd Pappe and Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten. 256pp. Available on Amazon.<br />
[Volume I was,<span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle"><i> European
Portrait Miniatures: Artists, Functions and Collections</i>, edited by Bernd Pappe, Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten, and Gerrit Walczak.] </span><br />
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This is Volume II in series issued by the Tansey Collection, which includes a series of essays by specialists on the subject. Portrait miniatures are hardly ever the subject of art history conferences. For this reason, and because miniature painting is far more than simply painting in the smallest format, the Tansey Miniatures Foundation devoted a further symposium to this subject in 2016. The results are documented in this volume.<br />
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A total of 21 authors throw light on miniature painting from the most varied angles. The public and private uses of miniature portraits are discussed, the work of individual miniaturists is described, virtually unknown collections are presented, and special painting techniques are explained. The essays provide valuable insights into the complex and multi-faceted world of miniature painting.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><b><i>Geliebte Porträts: Bildnisminiaturen im Münchener Residenzmuseum</i></b>, by Bern Pappe, 238pp. Published by </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span dir="ltr">Schnell &Steiner</span>. [</span><span class="notranslate"><span class="fn"><span dir="ltr">Beloved portraits</span></span>: <span class="subtitle"><span dir="ltr">portrait miniatures in the Munich Residenz Museum.]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="notranslate">Miniatures were usually carried by people, framed as a locket, medallion, or as a piece of
jewelery, hanging on the wall as a picture gallery at home, or given away
by the rulers to assure the recipient of their loyalty. Miniatures,
especially portraits, were popular images for centuries. This book features a collection of portrait miniatures from the 16th to
19th centuries of particularly high quality.</span> <span class="notranslate"> The largest part comes from the collection of the art-loving couple Klaus and Helga Nottbohm.</span> <span class="notranslate">
Represented are, for example, members of the families of Bavarian
regents, but also other European rulers from the time of absolutism.</span> <span class="notranslate"> Some miniatures show ladies portraying themselves as ancient goddesses or heroines to highlight certain positive qualities.</span> <span class="notranslate">
For example, Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici was twice painted as a goddess
Minerva. In the present catalogue, every miniature is presented in detail
in words and pictures, the subjects are presented and the artists are
illuminated.</span> <span class="notranslate"> Comparative illustrations show miniatures or large-format paintings as role models and illustrate the art-historical context.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="notranslate">Although the book is primarily written for German scholars, the beautiful images can be appreciated by those, such as myself, who cannot read German. The images are also helpful in making attributions of other unsigned works. For the museum, see, </span></span><a data-cthref="/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjN4O792tHbAhXMx7wKHQh5C6gQFggqMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.residenz-muenchen.de%2Fenglisch%2Fmuseum%2Findex.htm&usg=AOvVaw0J9FcPtHdrlFcD5G2RjI9P" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjN4O792tHbAhXMx7wKHQh5C6gQFggqMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.residenz-muenchen.de%2Fenglisch%2Fmuseum%2Findex.htm&usg=AOvVaw0J9FcPtHdrlFcD5G2RjI9P">Bavarian Palace Department | Munich Residence | Residence ...</a><br />
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<b>2017 New Books</b><br />
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<b>The Tansey Collection -A New Book</b><br />
Recently published is another excellent book with a dual commentary in German and English, edited by Bernd Pappe and titled,<i> </i><span class="st"><i>Miniaturen der Barockzeit aus der Sammlung Tansey</i> or <i>Miniatures from the Baroque Period in the Tansy Collection</i>, Munich, Albert Hirmer, 2016, 395pp.</span><br />
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<span class="st">This is the sixth book in a series documenting the Tansey Collection as assembled by the German-American couple, Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey. They formed the basis of their collection almost fifty years ago. It grew into one of the world's largest and most significant collections of this art form. In 2016 the collection was generously donated to The Tansy Miniatures Foundation. Sadly Lieselotte died in June 2016 but she is remembered via the collection, which is available to view by the public and celebrated in descriptive works such as this. </span><br />
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<span class="st">This volume depicts 120 miniatures, representing examples from the Baroque period, each with a colour image and description in German and English. For those seeking a copy is available at </span><a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjxnJaolLvSAhWMppQKHcgCCK0QFggaMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hirmerverlag.de%2Fde%2Ftitel-1-1%2Fminiaturen_des_barock_aus_der_sammlung_tansey-1388%2F&usg=AFQjCNFiG8qPUbsXWrsCZcF-_KNNsf5XOA&sig2=2GehcawvLoPksQQSftRMmw">Miniaturen des Barock aus der Sammlung Tansey | Hirmer Verlag</a><br />
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<b>Artists and Ancestors Collection</b><br />
In view of the outstanding quality of the Tansey Collection, it is a little disconcerting to discuss recent additions to this collection on the same page. However, it is necessary to keep a record and demonstrate that interesting miniatures can still be acquired for private collections at relatively modest cost.<br />
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Due to the time pressures of my major research project, <i>The Lost Works of Tobias Smollett</i>, see, <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwijvv-mm7vSAhWMppQKHcgCCK0QFggaMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftobiassmollett.blogspot.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNEc5JxC-dIAOjxMkLN63EfXYxtHKg&sig2=dFg92o5RpyrBESU-m4XQ9w">The Lost Works of Tobias Smollett and the War of the Satirists</a> miniature portraits have tended to take a back seat with very few additions in 2016-17. However, for the record they include.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Elizabeth St George</td></tr>
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<b>Unknown - Portrait of Lady St George</b><br />
The artist who painted this late 18C miniature portrait is unknown, but it is of typical "modest school" size. It may be by an Irish artist. The miniature is inscribed on the reverse:<br />
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"Lady St George - Widow of Usher, last Lord St George of Hatley - She was Miss Dominick cousin to Mr Gale; left a daughter and sole heiress, Olivia, Duchess of Leinster."<br />
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That has enabled a more precise identification of the sitter as, Elizabeth Dominick (c1732-1813), daughter of Sir Christopher Dominick (died 1743), a
wealthy Dublin doctor who began the laying out of Dominick Street in
Dublin.<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> On her marriage she became </span>Elizabeth Usher St. George, i.e. <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Lady St George as depicted here, and she died aged 18 on February 26, 1813. </span><br />
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Her husband was St George St George, 1st Baron St George (circa 1715 – 2 January 1775), who was an Irish politician. Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher by his wife Mary St
George, daughter of George St George, 1st Baron St George.<br />
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He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Carrick in the Irish
House of Commons from 1741 until he was raised to the Irish House of
Lords.<br />
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He was created Baron St George of Hatley St George, in the
Peerage of Ireland, on 19 April 1763; this was a revival of the title
held by his grandfather. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">He died without surviving male issue, so
the title became extinct. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emilia, Duchess of Leinster</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">In 1772 was read in the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland, "A Bill intitled an Act for ratifying and confirming certain Leases for Lives, renewable for ever, of certain Grounds in and adjoining to Dominick-street, in the City of Dublin, made by the Right Honourable Usher Lord St George, Baron of Hatley St George, and Elizabeth Lady St George, his Wife, against them, and against the Issue of their Bodies, and all Person or Persons claiming, or to claim under the Settlement made upon their Intermarriage, was presented to the House and read the first Time, and ordered to be read a second Time Tomorrow Morning."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> Their daughter Emilia Olivia FitzGerald (c1755-1798), as indicated in the inscription, later married William
FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, and had several children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Somewhat sadly, Emilia, Duchess of Leinster, predeceased her mother, Lady St George, by fifteen years. However, it was nice to be able to locate a portrait of Emilia and "reunite" mother and daughter here. </span><br />
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<b>Unknown American Lady.</b><br />
Although not a fine portrait, this American miniature is signed BHG 1901 or BHC 1901 and a good example of the period.<br />
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To date it has not been possible to identify the artist, but the miniature was purchased at auction at a moderate cost, being described as:<br />
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watercolor miniature portrait of an older lady, probably English, on
some kind of organic material. The painting is signed " BH. G."
and dated 1901. It is completely sealed in a heavy white metal frame
and a protective concave glass. The painting seems to be in perfect
condition as it has been very tightly sealed inside the frame and
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A bonus on arrival was the discovery the case was sterling silver.<br />
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<b>George Engleheart - portrait of an unknown man</b><br />
This miniature portrait was described at auction only as:<br />
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However, from images accompanying the listing, the portrait appeared to be by the important artist, George Engleheart (1750/5-1829) and this attribution was confirmed on arrival. It is modest sized and dates to around 1780-90.<br />
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Engleheart did sign his later works with a distinctive "E", but it is easy for his earlier works to slip though auction houses without being recognised, and be acquired for a very modest hammer price, as was the case here. ds 1513.<br />
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<b>Samuel Percy - portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh</b><br />
This wax miniature had a full description at auction as being Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous Elizabethan, but there was no comment about the artist.<br />
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However, although unsigned it is believed to be by the prominent wax miniaturist, Samuel Percy (1750-1820) the style being very similar to his other works. Up to 1786 he had made 800 portraits, but he continued to make and exhibit wax miniatures after that date. <br />
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E J Pyke records there is a wax miniature by Samuel Percy of Sir Walter Raleigh in the collection at Windsor Castle, but it is not known whether it is similar to this version. ds 1514<br />
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Although not strictly a miniature portrait, this miniature in enamel was purchased at a local auction. It is painted by the important artist, Henry Bone (1755-1834). It is 195mm x 210mm so is large for an enamel miniature- apologies for the poor reproduction - the actual work is very well painted. <br />
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On the reverse it is inscribed<br />
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"Painted for the Duke of Bedford by Henry Bone R.A., Enamel Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty and Enamel Painter to H.R.H the Prince Regent, after the original picture in the Collection of his Grace at Woburn Abbey".<br />
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In contacting the picture curator at Woburn Abbey it was established that the original is no longer in the Woburn collection, having been sold in the early 1950's. However Woburn Abbey has retained another enamel version by Henry Bone, but on a smaller scale than this example.<br />
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The location of the original oil is currently unknown. During the 19C the original oil was attributed to Rembrandt, but that is now discounted.<br />
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An interesting comparison is with the original squared drawing by Henry Bone, which is held in the National Portrait Gallery in London. That gives a good idea of how a miniature was copied from a large sized portrait. ds 1515<br />
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<b>Christian Friedrich Zincke - portrait of a young man</b><br />
On a completely different scale is this miniature portrait in enamel. At a local auction it was described as:<br />
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"Lot 310 - A 19thC
finely enamelled porcelain, gold framed portrait miniature,
the plain gold frame testing as 18ct. or higher, the portrait
miniature of a gent wearing a blue jacket, glazed. 40mm x 35mm. Est.
$180."</div>
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A better description would have been;<br />
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"A fine early 18C portrait miniature in enamel, from approximately 1730, by the important and prolific artist, Christian Friedrich Zincke (1683/4-1767), who was born in Dresden, but moved to England in 1706 and studied under Charles Boit (1662-1727). The plain gold frame testing as 18ct. or higher, and the miniature glazed. The unknown sitter is wearing a blue jacket and green cap, of a style popular around 1730 with artists and writers. 40mm x 35mm." ds 1517<br />
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The miniature portraits depicted
here were purchased for the Artists and Ancestors collection, but are
mostly examples which had not been added into the website due to the
pressure of other research. They are now added as part of a New Year's
Resolution to try to get up to date! <br />
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Those depicted
represent a wide range of artist skills and variation in quality, but
most appealed as examples to represent differing aspects of miniature
collecting. Many of them would be shunned by collectors of expensive
high quality miniatures, but the range shows what is available for
purchase by a collector of more modest means. They all came from public
auctions and in order of acquisition are as below.<br />
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1489 is an Italian lady in provincial costume, where the detail of the
portrait is much finer than can be seen in the images. A kind expert in
Italy sent me the printed image of a similar costume, which shows the
costume comes from the region of Salerno. What looks like a signature is
actually a description. It was inexpensive appealed due to the
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1491 This fairly ordinary looking man has no great merit, He is
probably French and came from a local auction along with the miniature
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1492 This miniature portrait came from the same auction as 1490 and
1491. Although not of high quality it is in a large ornate frame and
interesting as it shows how artist used several pieces of ivory when
they wanted to paint or enlarge a large miniature. This one appears to
be an actress painted around 1820-30, and an expert on the theatre may
be able to detect the role or play depicted.<br />
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The full
sight size is 175mm by 120mm and to purchase a piece of ivory of that
dimension would have been very expensive. Thus the main portrait is
130mm by 110mm, which is still large for a miniature. As the colours
vary between the pieces, the extra ivory may have been added when it was
reframed. There is no obvious signature, although it has not been
opened.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">[Later - a kind visitor has made a helpful
suggestion about this miniature portrait: "While there is no way to be
positive, I believe it could be a portrait of Mademoiselle Ekaterina
Semyonova (also Catherine Semenova) costumed as Alina, Queen of
Golconda. Semyonova was a principle Diva at the Imperial Theater of St.
Petersburg where she played the role of Alina. Alina, Reine de
Golconde with music by Francois-Adrien Boieldieu opened in St.
Petersburg in 1804. The opera played throughout Europe from 1755 to
1898. The music in most cases was rewritten by a notable composer of
the era and city in which it played. The famous Gaetano Donizetti wrote
the music for the Genoa, Italy production in 1828."] </span>
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ds 1493 Another miniature of no great merit, but interesting for the level of detail depicted in a harbour scene.<br />
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1494 This is an early 20C or late 19C portrait of King Frederick the
Great, of no great quality, but unusual as a wax miniature of him.<br />
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1495 was added separately to the website. It is by the American artist
Charles Willson Peale and is a portrait of Colonel Charles Pope.<br />
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1496 This miniature portrait is of Henry Penny Sale, youngest son of
Sir Robert Sale GCB. Although on paper, it has an interesting
inscription on the reverse. A bit hard to read, but apparently:<br />
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"Henry
Penny Sale, youngest son of Sir Robert Sale GCB and Lady Sale, killed
by a fall in the hills near Simla, India, b. 1829, died 1851. Lieutenant
in the 13th Regiment of ft.. Adjutant of his regiment, aged nearly 22.
At school at [Pl.orlong]? dean near Brightom Sussex with Major General
William C Stileman, a son of the late R Stileman Esq. of the [Friends]?
of Winchelsea, Sussex, where his grand-parents, George and Mary Wynch
lived, also Mrs Vane." <br />
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See also <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjr2qab553KAhXHIaYKHSY1C_oQFggaMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co.uk%2Fgenealogy%2Frecords%2Fhenry-penny-sale_52692980&usg=AFQjCNFjt5d8ZRY4TwV6qee_vcqg1KYFpw&sig2=or8gezuOBYp9uaOCuqZBSw&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">Henry Penny Sale 1829-1851 - Ancestry.co.uk</a> and <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><b>Sale -
Lieutenant Henry Penny - 13th </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><b>Bengal
</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><b>Native
Infantry - </b>died 30th April
1851.<br />
Son of Major-General Sir Robert Henry Sale, GCB (killed at Mudki
1845). Served Punjab 1848 (medal and bar).<br />
Grave at Subathu - </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">"Sacred
to the memory of Henry Penny Sale.
Lieutt 13th Regt N.I. Adjt Nusseree Battn who died on the 30th
April 1851 aged 24 years. Deeply regretted by his family and
friends. This tablet was erected by his brother officers as a
token of their esteem."</span><br />
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1497 This miniature of a young lady is housed in a red leatherette
case and is unusual as it was painted in South Africa. On the reverse it
is signed J. E. Ford, Cape Town, 1825. Unfortunately the sitter is not
identified, but it is finely painted, and interesting as an indication
that London hair and clothing fashions of 1825 were quickly repeated in
South Africa.<br />
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Ford flourished 1793-1830, and Foskett
notes that Schidlof mentioned two portraits by him. An officer signed on
the reverse J.E. Ford, Cape Town and another signed on the reverse.
J.E. Ford, 1828. Thus this one of a young lady seems to be especially
unusual in being signed with both the location and the date. <br />
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ds 1498 This miniature portrait of a young lady is a little smaller than usual for the time, c.1815, being 50mm by 40mm.<br />
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is by an American artist and is in what I call a "make-do" case. That
is it dates from about 1815, around the time of the war of 1812, when
the Embargo Act was in place which prevented artists from getting
supplies of new casework from England. Hence artist were forced to use
what ever left over materials they could find to combine and produce
"make-do" cases.<br />
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I have written elsewhere on how many
dealers replace the cases of miniatures like this to make them more
saleable, but as a historian, I believe they should be retained in their
"make-do" cases, as a more honest condition and a reminder of the
interesting history of events around the Embargo Act.<br />
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was suggested her married name was possibly a Mrs Goadlow [Goodlow?]
and the rear is engraved with her initials, presumably when unmarried,
JWD or IWD, so there may be a faint chance of identifying her.<br />
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artist is a puzzle, as the quality is high, but not easily
recognisable. Possibilities include Raphael Peale, as the background
colouring is similar to his work, Anson Dickinson, or Hugh Bridport.<br />
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engraving on the rear of the case is not common and the tiny glass is
another indication of the Embargo Act, as high quality glass was
unavailable in America at the time. The brooch fitting is broken off,
but is more recent, perhaps 20 years later.<br />
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1499 This is another American miniature portrait from c.1820, again
smaller than usual for the time, sight size 43mm by 35mm. It is a good
example of an early American designed case, as a result of the Embargo
Act, but still with proper materials in short supply.<br />
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advertised it was described as "English oval framed 1770-1790, young
man", but is definitely later and American, so is an indication that
sellers often have inaccurate descriptions. Although the image is out of
focus, the artist is perhaps Daniel Dickinson or Thomas Edwards.<br />
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1500 This miniature portrait was merely described as, "Miniature
Etching Of
Distinguished Gentleman 19th Cent". Hence it was very cheap. However, it
was immediately obvious as a Saint Memin portrait, being inscribed at
the foot, "Drawn and Engr. by St. Memin, Philadd." see <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjF_ruF-Z3KAhWFrKYKHUAnCbYQFgg5MA0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharles_Balthazar_Julien_F%25C3%25A9vret_de_Saint-M%25C3%25A9min&usg=AFQjCNFJryQtyzlYU2A5qMVO1Vw0FH0giA&sig2=gYEiKdTI0JNYlxpKzJh-qQ&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin - Wikipedia ...</a></div>
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With
such engraved portraits it is usually possible to identify the sitter
by reference to the book by Ellen G Miles which lists hundreds of
examples with their images, see <a href="https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=B__qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22ellen+g+miles%22&dq=%22ellen+g+miles%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDu-n3-Z3KAhWD3aYKHXLvBosQ6AEILjAD">Saint-Mémin and the neoclassical profile portrait in America</a></div>
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possible, is to take an unidentified sitter and so to speak "bring them
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one took a while to work through (thankfully his name was not Wyatt!),
before being matched with a portrait of William Poyntell, who died in
1811 and was an eminent merchant and publisher. There is an extensive
obituary for him in<i> The Gentleman's Magazine</i>, see <a href="https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=oh5XPK4uqMMC&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&dq=%22william+poyntell%22&source=bl&ots=AT8xeAr9u1&sig=_vgZzjxVs1QKhUZVM7Ig8UI5rGE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibhs_E-p3KAhWkFaYKHbPFB-QQ6AEIIzAB">The Gentleman's Magazine</a> which opens:</div>
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10 1811 Died at his house in Philadelphia, in his 56th year,
universally lamented, William Poyntell, esq. late Merchant, and one of
the Select Council of that city. He had retired from business several
years having acquired an ample fortune, of which he merited the
enjoyment by the most inflexible integrity in all his dealings and
transactions with whomsoever he was engaged. Mr Poyntell was an
Englishman, and his character holds forth so bright an example of
usefulness and private worth, that we are persuaded we shall stand
excused for entering upon it more at large. He was born at Chipping
Norton in Oxfordshire, and baptized in the parish church there, April 9,
1756. ...." </div>
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He sold stationery and wall papers, there being a picture of scales sold by him at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi6k6v0_Z3KAhUi26YKHdsCB7Y4ChAWCCAwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Famhistory.si.edu%2Fmilitaryhistory%2Fcollection%2Fobject.asp%3FID%3D438&usg=AFQjCNFz9C8cDkT02cXss2AAvegUFlEn1Q&sig2=y4i_D9PPXMS0QlKVSw6j5Q&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">The Price of Freedom: Money Scales</a> and wallpaper at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiAtq7G_p3KAhXDLaYKHZmFA9UQFggmMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stanklos.org%2Fp%2Fimlay-mansion.html&usg=AFQjCNFGGgeWSR1cXq8DlZaxUBBxEULOnw&sig2=ROfvNFdUMJeo2O8hxprnzQ&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">Stanley Y. Klos: Imlay Mansion</a> There is a picture of his grave at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjjkYnO_J3KAhUC6KYKHRxrAg8QFgggMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26GRid%3D71373609&usg=AFQjCNG77NZhtDtVm5wLuTj9ROckXIcw3Q&sig2=2sE4BFUiTfRYTtQmJWgLQQ&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">William Poyntell (1756 - 1811) - Find A Grave Memorial</a> and discussion of his art collecting activities at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwibtf7s_J3KAhWE4qYKHQmnAMIQFggaMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Fchapter%2F10.1007%252F978-94-011-4006-5_21&usg=AFQjCNEy_3yrPVvRElNM9pgTXNUiJuX3ZA&sig2=fURsgyFcAjcjV3SGQ24TYg&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">William Poyntell (1756–1811) - Springer</a> and <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwibtf7s_J3KAhWE4qYKHQmnAMIQFggkMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjhc.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcontent%2Fearly%2F2015%2F01%2F21%2Fjhc.fhu049&usg=AFQjCNEiPyNLEIObgzA5AN0BvZO0nSd6Vw&sig2=hhFv8QxEooclq02tM3_Itw&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">'All my stained glass which I brought from Europe'</a></div>
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1501 One sitter who was identified is in this silhouette portrait, Lord
Charlemont. There was a fashion for a while of using a silhouette
portrait of the sitter's face, but with coloured clothing, often for
those in uniform, as here.<br />
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The sitter is the Earl of Charlemont (1728-99), see <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjI7JzVgJ7KAhXIFqYKHe2iBJMQFggaMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJames_Caulfeild%2C_1st_Earl_of_Charlemont&usg=AFQjCNGM63np8uOlTNnQLTXPq2yQ-EXMUw&sig2=nqZVZj9TUskMwQNvhmilfQ&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont - Wikipedia, the free ...</a> He was <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">well known for his love
of Classical art and culture and spent nine years on the Grand Tour in
Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. He returned to Dublin and employed the
Scottish architect Sir William Chambers to remodel his main residence
Marino House, to design his town house Charlemont House and the unique
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There is a similar image of him at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj8j__tgZ7KAhXi5aYKHXvzBGwQFggbMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libraryireland.com%2Farticles%2FCharlemontDPJ1-33%2Findex.php&usg=AFQjCNFa86mwbP3uONYAQIVq3VT2o090tg&sig2=KC-BnnDqjSFaXIRYjopctQ">James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont - Library Ireland</a> together with an account of his life. And more about him with another portrait at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiuvtWzgp7KAhUn2qYKHc3OBuIQFggbMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk%2Frev%2Fclendinningarmaghelection.html&usg=AFQjCNFx1BTz-E6U17JuFZwmLn7gxzDdDw&sig2=-mwN9M0-3tE8YTyMtEJknw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">The Armagh Election of 1753 - Craigavon Historical Society</a>which is probably engraved from an original oil portrait.<br />
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1502 This miniature of a young girl is believed to be American for
several reasons, firstly as the reverse is solid metal and is engraved
in large letters HTG, so perhaps her first name was Harriet. Solid backs
on miniatures of this size, are occasionally met with in America, but
practically never on British miniatures, it being 71mm by 58mm. Although
it is a very similar pose to works by William Verstile or Lawrence
Sully, it may be too late for either of them.<br />
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1503 Alexander Pope has become increasingly relevant to my research
into the life and works of the author, Tobias Smollett, so when this
miniature portrait on ivory was offered on Ebay in 2015, as an "Unknown
Gentleman", it was impossible to resist purchasing it.<br />
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is after an earlier oil portrait of Pope by Thomas Hudson and is
signed V.V.K.) Although after a well known portrait. The research into
Smollett, his Lost Works ,and the War of the Satirists is extensively
covered at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiW1NLuip7KAhWFxqYKHcSjCNgQFggfMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftobiassmollett.blogspot.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNEc5JxC-dIAOjxMkLN63EfXYxtHKg&sig2=m4Ahy1968KQoPoYUVVpbvg&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">The Lost Works of Tobias Smollett and the War of the Satirists</a> and is the main reason for spending so little time on miniatures.<br />
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1504 This pressed metal portrait, probably of a clergyman, is poor
quality and very cheap, but I had hoped to identify the sitter and so
make him more interesting. It is also over-painted, but he remains
unidentified.<br />
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1505 This better quality pressed metal portrait came from the same
source. It appears to be gilded brass and is a portrait of Sir Sidney
Smith. An extensive account of his life is at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi6qtqkjZ7KAhUjIKYKHfPzAOIQFggaMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSidney_Smith_%28Royal_Navy_officer%29&usg=AFQjCNHVvKjtKhamIB1qZkkPMdntkbefdA&sig2=YnhR2AjvN-zRVpij30h0UQ&bvm=bv.111396085,d.dGY">Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) - Wikipedia, the free ...</a> There it is noted,<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, KCB,
GCTE, KmstkSO, FRS (21 June 1764 – 26 May 1840) was a British naval
officer. Serving in the American and French revolutionary wars, he later
rose to the rank of admiral. Napoleon Bonaparte, reminiscing later in
his life, said of him: "That man made me miss my destiny"</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">He was also active against the slave trade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">ds 1506 Continuing the naval theme is this miniature portrait of Lord Louis Mountbatten by Dorothy Turton, for </span>Dorothy Barbara Jessie Turton<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> RMS (1900-1900s). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Men
in uniform are obviously much more colourful than those dressed in drab
black coats of the 19C, but what is not immediately realised, is that
those in uniform take a lot longer to paint, especially when, as here,
there are many decorations, and a very detailed uniform. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The
colouring of miniatures goes through fashions like many other things
and this one is not as reddish as appears in the photo. The inscription
on the rear reads:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i>Lord Louis Mountbattern, 1979, Dorothy Turton, £130, RMS, Exhibited in 1986 in The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London.</i> </span><br />
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was a lot of money at the time of 1979, which reflects the time that
must have been spent by Dorothy Turton on the detail, but only a little
different than the price it was able to be acquired at for this
collection. For much more about Mountbatten who was killed in a bomb
explosion on 27 August 1979, see </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi8-M78lJ7KAhWjxqYKHTP-ATYQFggbMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLouis_Mountbatten%2C_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma&usg=AFQjCNF8fBUyyze4-HjH1hdABMBwedMbIA&sig2=k3A-5tmdbA6NErIqcSTyTQ">Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Wikipedia</a> This portrait was presumably painted soon after he died as a copy from this large oil.</span><br />
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1507 This miniature portrait was offered at a local auction with no
description other than being a portrait of a man. However, he was
interesting to me as I was able to read the faint writing on the reverse
as reading, "F.H. Bischoff, Painted by hinself." Foskett says only of
him "Bischoff, F.H. (fl. 1823-49) Of London.
Exhibited at the R.A. 1823-49. His address was in 1823 was 176 Sloan
Street, Knightsbridge." <br />
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This made him doubly
interesting, firstly as self-portraits are always special and, secondly,
the name Bischoff, as there are other portraits and items in this
collection by Bischoff which were also purchased locally several years
ago. <br />
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particular in the collection there is a RA token engraved with the name of
Charles Ferdinand Bischoff (1820-1898), the son of the artist F H
Bischoff. Here are the front and reverse of his ivory ticket to the
Royal Academy. On the front is written "Royal Academy Antique School
1768" and on the reverse "Chas Ferdinand Bischoff - Admitted 12th Dec'r
1840".<br />
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1508 The final portrait for the year was not the least. For some reason
the auctioneers attributed it to John Smart, but it was immediately
clear it was an early miniature portrait by George Engleheart
(1750-1829). The sight size is only 39mm by 33mm and it was offered in
an ordinary ebonised frame. However, inside it was still in its original
bracelet fitting. The miniature is from his second period 1780-95, when
he tended not to sign his work and was the period of which Foskett
writes, "his full powers developed, his colouring became strong, his
draughtsmans hip was good and although he still used small ivories, the
quality of the work was excellent." </span><br />
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It is not expected to have as many additions during 2016.Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-55551578017866988712015-07-29T19:29:00.002-07:002015-08-01T22:43:00.106-07:00August 2015 - A new book<div style="text-align: justify;">
An apology for the lack of new posts here, although that is not a sign of an idle computer. The research into the 18C author Tobias Smollett (1721-71) occupies me for several hours a day, and so far about 400,000 words of new research have been added to the website dedicated to Smollett. to his Lost, i.e. unrecognised, Works, and to the War of the Satirists involving Smollett, Alexander Pope, Colley Cibber, Henry Fielding, and William Hogarth, see <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwjyxIfo2oHHAhVk0KYKHRU0ALA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftobiassmollett.blogspot.com%2F&ei=qn65VfLHEeSgmwWV6ICACw&usg=AFQjCNEc5JxC-dIAOjxMkLN63EfXYxtHKg&sig2=qDKhlaEpwij1srJPAyMyMg&bvm=bv.99028883,d.dGY">The Lost Works of Tobias Smollett and the War of the Satirists</a> Even so, I believe the research is still less than half complete.<br />
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In a nutshell, the Smollett Project is a huge cryptic crossword, one which
seeks to determine which anonymous or pseudonymous (a/p) works
published in 1737-70 were authored or edited by Tobias Smollett. For
1732-66 <i>The London Magazine</i> lists about 20,000 books, pamphlets,
and prints, published in English, of which about half were anonymous
or pseudonymous. In addition there were thousands of essays, letters,
reviews, and sundry items in periodicals or newspapers. But no one has
ever reviewed them, in a detailed, careful, methodical, and logical
manner, looking for a/p works by Smollett, even though Smollett is
regarded as one of the most prolific authors of the 18C. The process is
akin to the work of an art historian who studies unsigned paintings in
detail, in order to attribute an artist to the painting and/or to
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I acknowledge it will take several years until "conventional wisdom" accepts that a revision of Smollett's canon is required, but the evidence supporting all the new attributions to him has been tabled and is available for academic scrutiny. Some scrutiny has obviously started, as the page views recorded for that website are steadily rising. [I recently decided to add up page views across all my interconnected websites, including Smollett, to see what the combined total was, and was staggered to find total page views were over 750,000.] The Tobias Smollett research overlaps with many of Smollett's contemporaries and today, as part of my research into William Smellie, I came across this pithy observation by John Glaister, in his 1894 biography of William Smellie<span style="font-weight: normal;">, which I cannot resist sharing!</span></div>
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"It is probably almost a truism to say that no man who tries to reform the existing order of things by teaching or otherwise escapes criticism, and that in most cases the amount and persistency of the criticism evoked are in direct ratio to the value of his work. This can be found abundantly illustrated in history." </div>
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It is another wonderful production by Bernd Pappe, drawing on the extensive and generous resources of the Louvre Museum and of the Tansey Foundation. This time it is a fantastic, detailed, and well illustrated monograph on Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (1759-1832), one of the very best of French miniature painters of the late 18C and early 19C.<br />
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The book is of 384 pages, comprising 130 pages of text and notes, followed by 100 pages of full colour illustrations of Augustin's best works, and then by a catalogue of over 1200 works by Augustin, each with a small black and white image for reference purposes.<br />
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The image truly proves the adage that if a good miniature portrait, by a master of the art, is enlarged to life, or oil portrait size, it will not be possible to tell that it has been so enlarged.<br />
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Miniature portraits are generally treated as the "poor relations" of large oils, but in my opinion there was far more skill required for a miniature painted in watercolour, gouarche, or in enamel, than there was for an oil portrait; where any slip of the brush was easily wiped away, or else covered by a new layer of oil paint, so that x-rays can now reveal where the portraitist had changed his or her mind. <br />
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Most of the examples depicted in the book are in public or private collections and so will never be available for purchase, but as a reference book and catalogue of the work of Augustin, the book is invaluable as a means of comparing and contrasting his work with other masters of the art of miniature portrait painting. </div>
Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-88467640208668969212015-02-12T09:43:00.001-08:002015-04-26T13:24:20.005-07:00February 2015 - New literary research - Tobias Smollett<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>18C English Literature </b></div>
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Apologies to patient people pondering on the past paucity of posts! I still maintain my interest in miniature portraits and am happy to continuing answering questions, but over the last year my research effort has increasingly been directed at 18C English Literature. While there remains a great deal more to do, I have now started to post the research on a new website. Click on this link to reach it:</div>
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After reading all the evidence tabled here, it would be interesting to hear opinions on whether the website discusses what may become considered as the greatest literary discovery for many years?? So far, <strike>over 250,</strike> now nearly 300, anonymous and pseudonymous books, pamphlets, and satirical prints, amounting to over 25,000 pages of 18C literature, which have lain unresearched for 275 years, have been newly attributed to Smollett. The 25,000 pages are accompanied by discussion of previously unrecognised satires by Hogarth, Fielding, and Pope. </div>
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If you, your friends, or colleagues have any interest in Tobias Smollett, Henry Fielding, William Hogarth, Colley Cibber, Alexander Pope, or the London Theatre in 1735-60, there will be much to interest you. The interactions between these literary stars of the 18C have revealed themselves as a fierce <i>War of the Satirists</i> commencing in 1737. Followers are welcome, as is anyone interested in joining in with the research! Rather than a blog/diary, it is more in the form of a book draft, but additions and revisions are being made nearly every day as the research continues. Hence you may like to bookmark it and revisit it every month or so. </div>
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<b>American Miniatures</b></div>
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I have received the enquiry below. If anyone is able to help, could they please contact Peter Larson direct? </div>
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<i>I am calling from Fredericksburg, Va., USA, in connection with
Washington Heritage Museums, regarding whatever leads or information you
might share of Wm. Mercer (1773-1839), deaf mute son of Gen. Hugh
Mercer. Ch. Sellers related that second generation Peales recalled with
admiration Willam's career in Va. as a portraitist and miniaturist.
Sellers also wrote that he had heard of naive and numerous Mercer works
in the Fredericksburg area, but that he had not the looked in to it--I
paraphase. I have seen Williams Battle of Princeton effort and 2
miniatures that are recorded and in the literature. .....but as to
where any other work might be... ??? Regards and thank you, and I
am Peter Larson</i> </div>
<br />Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-9829867010762633442014-11-25T11:20:00.001-08:002014-11-26T15:57:47.927-08:00November 2014 - John Smart and Charles Willson Peale<b>John Smart at Philip Mould </b><br />
Most collectors of miniature portraits will have an opinion on who was the best artist, with many agreeing that the best British artist was John Smart. There is currently a brief opportunity to view and/or buy from a selection of fine works by him collected over many years. An opportunity to view a collection like this, especially all with the items being available for sale, is unlikely to be repeated in the foreseeable future. <br />
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As has been mentioned in the print media, see <a href="http://philipmould.cmail1.com/t/r-l-cthtydy-adruyuijr-k/" style="color: #ceccbf;">press</a> or http://online.flipbuilder.com/lawrence/nncx/
an exhibition ‘John Smart: A Genius Magnified’ arranged by Emma Rutherford and Philip Mould (the art dealer who appears on the popular TV programme <i>Fake or Fortune</i>) has opened to the public in London and can be viewed until 9th December, 2014. The exhibition showcases forty-five portrait miniatures and drawings from a single-owner
collection and represents the biggest collection of miniatures by Smart
to be offered on the open market for almost a century. An online version of the catalogue (without essays) can be viewed by clicking <a href="http://philipmould.cmail1.com/t/r-l-cthtydy-adruyuijr-u/" style="color: #ceccbf;">here</a>. A price list can be viewed <a href="http://philipmould.cmail1.com/t/r-l-cthtydy-adruyuijr-o/" style="color: #ceccbf;">here</a>, although it is highly recommended you get in touch with Emma promptly as she has been overwhelmed by the amount of interest so far. To order a hard copy of the catalogue to be sent via post, please email by clicking <a href="mailto:art@philipmould.com?subject=John%20Smart%20Catalogue%20Order" style="color: #ceccbf;">here</a>. <br />
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In its nature the collection is just as important as other major collections, such as the collection of Smart's work in the Edward B Greene Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Even more impressive is the Starr Collection of Miniatures in Kansas City, where there is a collection of John Smart miniature portraits which includes dated examples for every year from 1760-1810. There are printed catalogues for both these collections, which were published in 1951 and 1971, and which occasionally can be purchased via Abebooks for those interested. <br />
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Regular visitors to this site, will be aware that earlier this year the single miniature portrait below on paper of General Thomas Bruce by John Smart was purchased for this Artists and Ancestors collection. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://british-miniatures.blogspot.co.nz/2014/09/smart-john-portrait-of-general-thomas.html">http://british-miniatures.blogspot.co.nz/2014/09/smart-john-portrait-of-general-thomas.html</a></span> That was a highlight for this collector, as neither the vendor, nor the other bidders at the auction, realised the miniature was by John Smart. <br />
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American collectors will have their own opinions about the best artist who worked in America. To perhaps help enable a comparison of John Smart and Charles Willson Peale, this collector was then fortunate enough to purchase at an on-line eBay auction a miniature portrait by Charles Willson Peale. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2014/09/peale-charles-willson-portrait-of.html">http://aminports3.blogspot.com/2014/09/peale-charles-willson-portrait-of.html</a></span> Again the vendor did not realise who the artist was, but this time another bidder did realise that Peale was the artist, so there was some competition, although it was still able to be acquired for this collection at well below the normal market value. Its condition is a little less than perfect, but at an age of 250 years that is perhaps to be expected.<br />
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The two miniature portraits by Peale and Smart as depicted here, were acquired within two months of each other, and were offered for auction by vendors who did not know what they were selling. That is the best possible recommendation for collectors to study miniatures sufficiently well to be able to back their instincts when an unattributed work comes onto the market. Although on a minor (miniature!) scale, the personal thrill of making a successful purchase and attribution against expert international competition, is considerable and, even without the same degree of $$$ or £££ signs, is perhaps comparable to the reaction of those owners of major works who receive a "thumbs up" from Philip Mould when subjected to his <i>Fake or Fortune</i> test.Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-3823304646237883962014-09-23T13:41:00.002-07:002022-12-11T15:48:04.874-08:00September 2014 - News and publications<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>A New Book </b><br />
For those collectors with a specialised interest in European miniatures, or even those wider collectors with a more generalised interest, this excellent book of essays has recently been published. The book <i>European Portrait Miniatures - Artists, Functions and Collections</i>, records in 222 well illustrated and erudite pages, a series of twenty papers delivered at a conference organised and supported by the Tansey Foundation in 2013.<br />
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The authors of the papers are all highly regarded in the field of collecting miniature portraits, not only of Continental European miniatures, but also British miniatures. As such the book covers a wide range of themes and is one of very few books in English to cover European miniatures so widely, as most other books are either not in English, or are more dedicated to particular countries in Europe. More about the book can be found at <a href="http://www.jaegy-theoleyre.com/news.php" target="_blank">http://www.<span id=":24f.5" tabindex="-1">jaegy</span>-<span id=":24f.6" tabindex="-1">theoleyre</span>.com/news.<span id=":24f.7" tabindex="-1">php</span></a> where copies can also be ordered.<br />
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<b>LAPADA Antique Fair in London </b><br />
September 2014 is also the time of the LAPADA antique fair in London. It is currently running and at the time of writing this post, a couple of catalogues of miniature portraits on offer at the fair can be seen at the following links;<br />
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Don Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25481361.post-62984980073003606902014-02-17T13:51:00.001-08:002016-11-29T10:34:13.384-08:00February 2014 - Some American AdditionsTime has been found to catch up on and add to the collection, several American miniature portraits acquired at various times in the past year or so.<br />
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<b>Alvin Burt - portrait of Zerah Colburn</b><br />
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This first miniature portrait was painted by a British artist in England, but has been included in an American Gallery as it is of a famous 19C American maths prodigy and a lucky purchase.<br />
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The vendor did not realise the sitter and so it was advertised as;<br />
<i>Albin Roberts BURT (1783 – 1842) “Zerah Cobourn”. A portrait of a youthful Oxford academic bedecked in his gown, possibly an American as no British census records exist for the name Zerah Cobourn. </i><br />
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Some of the writing on the rear is hard to read, but Zerah Cobourn (i.e. for Colburn) can be read at the top. Zerah Colburn was born on 1 September 1804 and died on 2 March 1839, being a child prodigy of the 19th century who gained fame as a mental calculator. There is more about him at <a href="http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FZerah_Colburn_%28math_prodigy%29&ei=xQ_8Up3sAcL-iAezxYGwCw&usg=AFQjCNEEKL39CfWLZ_yYL2GYr4dkEy2D2A&sig2=ZcorAwuGYkR-GiKV3Rjd9Q&bvm=bv.61190604,d.aGc"><i>Zerah Colburn</i> (math prodigy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> He also wrote a book about his life which is available at<a href="http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=D3w_AQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=zerah+colburn&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Owr9UrTiDcutlQXbqoHYDA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA"> A memoir of <i>Zerah Colburn</i>: written by himself.</a><br />
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<b>News Item</b>: - By way of an interesting comparison, an important example of Burt's work was sold at auction in November 2016.<br />
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<i>"It was a small and previously unrecorded portrait of Lord Nelson sold for
£14,000 at Charles Miller’s latest Maritime and Scientific sale in West
Kensington.
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<em>Described by the auctioneers as “an important discovery”, the
likeness is not recorded in any format in the late Richard Walker’s
seminal 1998 volume The Nelson Portraits. </em><i>Consigned from a UK private collection to the sale at 25 Blythe Road,
the 1¾in (4.5cm) pencil drawing was thought to have been done from life
on a silk napkin or handkerchief by Albin Burt (1783-1842) in c.1802."</i><br />
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<i>The artist was closely connected to Nelson: his brother, Henry
Frederick Burt was secretary to the admiral, his mother was a close
friend of Emma Hamilton and he himself was well acquainted with her
husband Sir William Hamilton. Burt began his life as an engraver, training under Robert Threw and
Benjamin Smith, but finding himself unable to excel in this field,
branched out into painting portraits.</i><br />
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</i><i>In a contemporary gilt brass and wood frame, the portrait was bought
by the UK trade on behalf of a private collector, against an
£8000-12,000 estimate.The sale took place on November 8 and the buyer’s premium was 20%.</i><br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7ispZ6oXVF75UN7wISWPAf_orE1aNNKoAQMCTJGmS20gGjEDPFJ12HjdqKmhO0d0njw9frSaHP6pEU6Yy-7dyB5WnMtxsmfOZm5mum4ohbnOu-U3Tmk3yVhyphenhyphenDmqn0CwgRhXgHA/s1600/ds+1478+stump+out+frame.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7ispZ6oXVF75UN7wISWPAf_orE1aNNKoAQMCTJGmS20gGjEDPFJ12HjdqKmhO0d0njw9frSaHP6pEU6Yy-7dyB5WnMtxsmfOZm5mum4ohbnOu-U3Tmk3yVhyphenhyphenDmqn0CwgRhXgHA/s1600/ds+1478+stump+out+frame.jpg" width="243" /></a>Samuel Stump</b><br />
The young man who is the sitter is unknown in this miniature portrait of c1815-1825, but it is signed "Stump pinxt".<br />
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Samuel John Stump (1778-1863) was a very competent artist who is believed to have been born in USA, although it is not known where. As such he has been included with other American miniatures.<br />
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He worked in London, Brighton, Zurich, and Geneva.
Unfortunately the miniature is warped and hence the scanned image does not adequately reflect his skill. 1478 <br />
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This finely painted miniature portrait is signed with an incised signature by George Freeman (1787-1868), an American miniature painter who worked in both the United States and in England.<br />
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The sitter is unknown, but the detail of the sitter's clothing, and indeed his facial features are very well painted, better than can be seen in this image. 1482<br />
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Included in this collection there is also a miniature portrait by George Freeman of a young lady as below, which was painted on his return to America.<br />
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<b>Portrait of Martha Washington</b><br />
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This miniature portrait, only 40mm x 32mm in size, was offered on eBay as a miniature portrait of an unknown lady, being advertised as;<br />
"<i>Antique Early 1800's Bonnet Lady Portrait Miniature on Enamel 14K Gold Case. Shabby Chic Condition Glass Back Case 15.27 grams</i>".<br />
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As such there was limited price competition, even though there were a total of 21 bids, and it was fortunately purchased for this collection for less than the value of the gold content, $160. Thus bargains can occasionally be found even on eBay, that is, provided one is careful and does one's research beforehand as far as practical.<br />
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It is a copy on enamel of the miniature portrait of Martha Washington on ivory by James Peale (1749-1831), painted in 1796 and now residing at Mount Vernon.<br />
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<b>Rev Mr Roush</b><br />
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Although this miniature has the sitter's name on the reverse, it has proved difficult to find out anything about him. At top left it is inscribed either "Rev Mr Roush" or "Rev Wm Roush", or less likely "Routh".<br />
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Without being exceptional, the miniature is well painted and the pointed shape of the nose is reminiscent of the work of James Peale (1749-1831) of Philadelphia. For example, a portrait said to be of James Ladson painted by him in 1799. Peale did his best work between 1786 and 1805, and in his work after 1805 he is said to have been assisted by his daughter Anna Claypoole Peale (1791-1878).<br />
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The pose of this miniature is similar to that of miniatures by both Peale and his daughter, and if a joint work would be less likely to be signed. From the discussion about casework as below, it is believed the miniature probably dates to 1810-1815 and was probably painted in Philadelphia.The name Roush, changed from Rausch, did occur in the Philadelphia area. He is likely therefore to be related to John Roush or Jacob Roush, both of Philadelphia, who were born in the mid 18C and died after 1815.<br />
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One way to date the miniature is by studying the casework which helps to confirm it as an American portrait. I have discussed elsewhere the effect of the 1808 Embargo Act on American miniature portraits. As a consequence of the trade war, it was not possible to import cases and glasses from Britain. Hence for a period of several years from 1808-1815 miniature painters had to make cases out of whatever they could find. In this instance there is, unusually, an inner and outer glass, both with metal bezels as shown in the photographs here. It appears the miniature was made to fit the inner bezel, itself made to fit an available glass. There being no indication of any hanger. As the miniature was then too small for a standard case, the inner half-case and miniature were then placed inside a rectangular ebonised case, which appears to be more likely of French origin, trade with France being easier than with Britain. The miniature is therefore very collectible as being a good example of an Embargo Act "make-do" case. 1485<br />
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Parts of this group of miniature portraits were offered on Ebay, with some retained by the vendor and others sold to different buyers. Three were acquired for this collection, but the full group is shown here for the benefit of researchers and in an effort to identify some of the sitters. The research process may also be interesting to visitors.<br />
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The three acquired are the one at top left and the central pair at the bottom. The vendor also kindly enclosed several labels which identified some of the sitters. The vendor in Winnebago, Minnesota, United States had acquired the full group as a single unit and described them as; "James J Hill RAILROAD TYCOON, SUPREME COURT JUDGE STRONG Family Relation photos in EXCELLENT CONDITION, 113 yrs OLD", and also:
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UP FOR AUCTION IS AN ANTIQUE PAIR OF MINIATURE PORTRAITS ON IVORY,SUPERB DETAIL AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,ANT WHITE SPOTS ARE REFLECTIONS or DUST ON THE GLASS,THERE ARE NO WHITE SPOTS ON PORTRAITS.THE GENTLEMAN IS SIGNED ON THE BACKSIDE: Painted by Otto E. Eeckardt 1901,EACH MEASURES APPROX. 4" inches TALL by 3" inches WIDE.<br />
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PAINTED AND SIGNED by ARTIST OTTO E. ECKARDT
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of DRESDEN ON FRONTSIDE, A WELL KNOWN MINIATURE ARTIST WHO THROUGH HIS CAREER PAINTED MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE AND HAD OTHER ARTISTS THAT STUDIED UNDER HIM. ALSO,HE PAINTED ON IVORY AND PORCELAIN EVEN DOING SOME KPM PLAQUES.<br />
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THESE PORTRAITS WERE SOLD AS PART OF THE JAMES J. HILL ESTATE WHO WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MINNESOTA HISTORY BEING INVOLVED WITH THE RAILROADS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE,ALSO THEY ARE RELATED TO THE STRONG FAMILY AND THE SLADES. THESE PORTRAITS DEPICT ARTHUR J. SLADE AND CORNELIA (STRONG) SLADE, ARTUR IS THE ONLY BROTHER OF GEORGE T. SLADE WHO MARRIED CHARLOTTE E.HILL IN 1901; MRS.JAMES HILLS DAUGHTER) AND CORNELIA IS THE DAUGHTER OF STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE STRONG AND EMMA BARNES STRONG, DO THE RESEARCH AND ADD THESE IMPORTANT EXAMPLES TO YOUR COLLECTION TODAY!!
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Although the vendor listed the identities in good faith, analysis of the labels suggests that some items may have been miss-identified, with the relationship with the Hill family unexplored beyond the vendor's comment. The pair acquired for this collection have been removed from their frames and photographed separately. They are both signed by Otto E Eckardt of Dresden, the one of a young man also being signed and dated 1901 on the reverse. Otto Eckardt was one of a family of miniature painters who appear to have been sent photographs from America, from which he painted miniature portraits. As can be seen below he also added colour to the reverse. Although, superficially, they may look like those miniatures painted in America on ivory over a faint photographic base, there is no sign of that technique here and they are believed to be traditional miniature portraits on ivory. There are a number of similar Eckardt miniature portraits of other sitters in this collection.<br />
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In seeking to identify the sitters, the young man is the best place to start. It seems fairly certain he is identified by the label "Arthur Jarvis Slade only brother of George Theron Slade". Although the references at Rootsweb have not been double-checked, that website does record Arthur Jarvis Slade, born 1 October 1872 in New York, and also his brother. A birth date of 1872 would make him 29 in 1901 which seems to fit. Arthur died in Naples Italy on 30 March 1932. He appears to have qualified as an engineer and his parents are recorded on Rootsweb as George P Slade and Cornelia Wheeler Strong born 29 April 1844. I 1900 Arthur married Jessica Hildreth Halsey who was born in 1877, thus it is likely his portrait was painted at the time of his wedding, probably as a pair with a portrait of his first wife which then retained by her on their divorce. The woman here is too young to be her and thus is more likely his mother, Cornelia Wheeler Strong Slade. There is more about the family at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Rose-A-Barnes/ODT25-0001.html<br />
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An extensive obituary of Arthur has been located which shows he was divorced in 1920 and then, in Paris, was remarried in 1929 to Yvonne Truchot Tegou, but appears to have had no children.
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The pair at the top of the group photo are clearly by the same artist and painted at the same time. The miniatures were retained by the vendor but by deduction, are believed to be the father of Arthur, George P Slade and the mother of Cornelia Wheeler Strong Slade, a Cornelia Wheeler Barnes born 15 February 1816. Their birth dates would appear to match the ages in the miniatures.
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The identification of George Patten Slade is reinforced by a photograph of him in a book <i>Oakdale</i> by Diane Holliday, Chris Kretz published in 2010. Anyone wishing to purchase a copy should refer to
<a dir="ltr" href="http://books.google.co.nz/url?client=ca-print-pub-0095299717441999&format=googleprint&num=0&channel=BTB-ca-print-pub-0095299717441999+BTB-ISBN:073857239X&q=http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/book/9780738572390&usg=AFQjCNFWtQC-jvexEKGXlsVT86iATcZccA&source=gbs_buy_r" style="white-space: normal;"><span dir="ltr">Arcadia Publishing </span></a>At the time, 1902, George P Slade was President of the South Side Sportsmen's Club. See also<a href="http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSouth_Side_Sportsmen%27s_Club&ei=86L2UqPBO4TBiQe1loEo&usg=AFQjCNF48odmPgaT7X1_4-wXC44MMzc1nQ&sig2=GcerkoIypy0c5da7g4AVdA&bvm=bv.60983673,d.aGc"> South Side Sportsmen's Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br />
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Identification of Judge Strong, State Supreme Court, as referred to in one label is less easy, but it seems likely to be the miniature at top right of the large group photo. The Emma Barnes Slade/Strong referred to in another label is less obvious. She was the great-grandmother of Arthur and may be the lady at the bottom right, with the man at bottom left being her husband. However, as those two portraits appear to be French from c1815-1825, they may well be ancestors of Arthur Slade's French, second, wife, Yvonne Truchot Tegou, which could also explain the origin of the two miniatures in the middle which appear to be French decorative miniature portraits. The man at top left is identified on the rear as either "Rev Mr Roush" or "Rev Wm Roush". His miniature portrait was acquired for this collection and can be found in the American 3 Gallery. 1486a, 1486b, 1485.
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome!</span></div>
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If you have stumbled across this exhibition by accident and your time is limited, it is suggested you look at either the <a href="http://www.new-additions.blogspot.com/">2008 Additions and Comment</a> under Gallery Links for regular updates, or the <a href="http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/">American 1</a> Gallery for the kind of information included about artists and sitters.</div>
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Other sections contain information on the history of portrait miniatures and Internet links to related sites. The site is continually being revised as extra information or miniatures come to hand. Such revisions are a great advantage of publishing on the Internet.</div>
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If you wish to ask me about miniatures, you can click on my photo for an email link.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Please, please, please!</span></div>
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Please, please, record the name of the sitter, either written on the reverse or on an attached tag, especially if you are contemplating a sale of the miniature.</div>
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Some sellers deliberately conceal or remove the identity of the sitter, probably because they are ashamed of selling an "ancestor".</div>
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The miniature here by Annie Dixon, of a girl with ringlets, falls into this category. When purchased, it was found the sitter's name is written on the reverse, but has been crossed out so it is illegible.</div>
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It is far better to be as proud of the sitter's identity, as the original owner of the miniature was, so that an ancestor's identity is not lost and can follows them into the future.</div>
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Shown here is one large painting (20" x 16") in the collection, which was an irresistible purchase. It is titled "The Miniature" and is signed by A L Grace, a late Victorian artist. It depicts a collector (not me, I have more hair) admiring a portrait and gives an indication of the relative size of a miniature, although most are smaller than this.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Collecting Miniatures</span></div>
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The fascination in collecting miniatures arises from the skill of the artist, with each portrait being a unique and original work of art, together with the opportunity to research individual sitters and the historical events associated with them. As with collecting of any nature, there is also the thrill of the hunt!</div>
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Some notes for potential collectors. An author on the subject, Daphne Foskett, observed in her book "Miniatures - Dictionary and Guide" that there are two methods of forming a collection, with the choice between the two determined by how much the collector can afford to spend.</div>
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The first method is for collectors of limited means. In Daphne Foskett's opinion this is the most interesting way and involves the collector buying any miniatures that appeal. In this way a collection may be assembled that may not be of equal merit, but can later be weeded out and the collection improved. In the process the collector gradually gains knowledge, becomes more discriminating and thus better able to select good examples. For example the collector will quickly become aware that miniatures can be divided into two types. Collectors generally prefer those which are true portraits, but some people do collect miniatures which were originally mass produced for decorative purposes.</div>
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The second method of collecting is for a collector with ample means who can afford to buy important items recommended by specialist dealers. Such a collection is often smaller, but will include examples by the better known artists. An extreme example is the Starr Collection of miniatures by John Smart, which contains a dated example for each year of his activity from 1760 to 1810.</div>
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Most miniature portraits are, as the name suggests, portraits of people. However, it is possible to occasionally find the skill of an artist demonstrated in other ways, such as the feather shown here, which is painted by an unknown artist.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Prices for Miniatures</span></div>
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The current world record price for a miniature portrait is over US$1,300,000 which was paid for a miniature of George Washington by John Ramage. At the time it was probably the most expensive painting per square inch in the world.</div>
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However, a collector need not be disheartened by that price. Miniatures do represent an opportunity to assemble a collection of original art at modest cost. This collection has been acquired on a limited budget. Thus famous miniature painters such as Hilliard, Cooper, Smart, and Engleheart are absent.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR30DVQsONjKCXDoDh3HcpEEfp174HiHXK3_lOwB667U86fzRKHK5cz6nqp5qqBP_tW2sibVcmGKSdYUghUB0W9xMeRyCmCnppD7_NIXafSNe1Y-ASKJqPGYwJ3MDcxjmgpcpzw/s1600-h/ds+365+outofframe.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040111315324871602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR30DVQsONjKCXDoDh3HcpEEfp174HiHXK3_lOwB667U86fzRKHK5cz6nqp5qqBP_tW2sibVcmGKSdYUghUB0W9xMeRyCmCnppD7_NIXafSNe1Y-ASKJqPGYwJ3MDcxjmgpcpzw/s320/ds+365+outofframe.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a>Nevertheless, by putting in much search and research time, together with some calculated risk taking and occasional lucky finds, it has been possible to assemble a range of good artists. Some of these, such as Francois Soiron, Domenico Bossi, James Peale, and Charles Bourgeois are the equals of top British artists and represented in museum collections around the world.</div>
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Potential collectors may also be heartened to know that shown here is the cheapest miniature in this collection which was purchased in 2001 at auction for less than US$5.</div>
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Also shown is the signed and dated note found inside it, which gives the name of both the artist and the sitter. (As a word of caution, miniatures should only be opened if they come apart easily. If not, seek the assistance of a jeweller.)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8b_e1muKyb86ghYtmwhxEpkklN6_AkNTD6dKZJ-IZ2l9-vvOrlWU1zIUv3lcx4lhB8rBfcGy6DKirthj7nXBTFwXRFl5HS8H6WcXidwHvMCqDtJ5s04e-GUUY0XPuHIXWOibrA/s1600-h/ds+365+signature.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040111319619838914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8b_e1muKyb86ghYtmwhxEpkklN6_AkNTD6dKZJ-IZ2l9-vvOrlWU1zIUv3lcx4lhB8rBfcGy6DKirthj7nXBTFwXRFl5HS8H6WcXidwHvMCqDtJ5s04e-GUUY0XPuHIXWOibrA/s320/ds+365+signature.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a>Thus bargains can still be found. Overall the average cost of this collection is under US$500 per miniature. This average cost limit is an ongoing target, so as to have fun collecting, and as a purchasing discipline.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Research</span></div>
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One of the most enjoyable features of collecting is researching sitters. It is often amazing what can be found out about a sitter who may have an unfamiliar name, but may well be related to famous people from history. Rarely, it is even possible to use other sources to identify an unknown sitter. The extra information can add dramatically to the value.</div>
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The research can also aid in Family History Research; for extra comments on DNA see; <i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>How DNA Testing Has Helped Family Tree Accuracy</i> at </span></span><a href="https://www.dnatestingguides.com/blogs/how-dna-testing-has-helped-family-tree-accuracy/" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">https://www.dnatestingguides.com/blogs/how-dna-testing-has-helped-family-tree-accuracy/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span></div>
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Hopefully this Artists and Ancestors website will encourage new collectors and show that even people of modest means can build an interesting collection and have pleasure in the process.</div>
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For more general information about miniatures see <a href="http://www.miniature-portrait.blogspot.com/">Background</a> or to explore the various Galleries, click on these blue hyperlinks.</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.new-additions.blogspot.com/">2008 Additions and Comment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://recent-additions.blogspot.com/">2007 Additions and Comment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.new-comment.blogspot.com/">2006 Additions and Comment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.american-miniatures.blogspot.com/">American 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://american-miniatures2.blogspot.com/">American 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aminports3.blogspot.com/">American 3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://american-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/">American 20C</a></li>
<li><a href="http://british-miniatures.blogspot.com/">British 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://british-miniatures2.blogspot.com/">British 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://british-miniatures20c.blogspot.com/">British 20C</a></li>
<li><a href="http://european-miniatures.blogspot.com/">European 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://european-miniatures2.blogspot.com/">European 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.guest-gallery.blogspot.com/">Guest Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.afrenchcollection.blogspot.com/">Une Collection Francaise</a></li>
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