American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1835 Watercolor Academy of Design American Art artist backing card backing paper Bequest bezel Boston bracelet Charles Willson Peale Charleston collection Connecticut cut-gold initials Dale daughter Dunlap Edward Greene Malbone Engraved on verso exhibited Falk Fletcher Fund Gallery Gentleman George Gift of Gloria gilded copper foliate gilded metal Gloria Manney gold hair reserve hair reserve 22 hairwork hanger Henry Inscribed in graphite Inscribed in ink Inscribed on backing ivory in gilded ivory in replacement James James Peale John John Ramage Johnson Fund label on verso leather married Mary Massachusetts Metropolitan Museum minia Miniature Painters miniaturist monogram Museum of Art National Academy oil portraits ormolu mat painted miniatures Philadelphia portrait miniatures recto REFERENCES replacement frame reserve 238 right edge Sarah Signed and dated sitter Society of Miniature studied Thomas Thomas Seir Cummings trade card tures Washington Watercolor on ivory William Middendorf II wood frame York City