American Artist: Julius Rubens Ames
![Portrait Miniature by Julius Rubens Ames Portrait miniature by Julius Rubens Ames of a gray-haired Jacksonian era gentleman](photos-american/Ames_Julius-1-lrg.jpg)
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Gray-Haired Jacksonian Era Gentleman
American
circa 1825
by Julius Rubens Ames (1801-1850)
2 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)
watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt
copper case with a cast foliate border and bail
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A view of the portrait outside its case, allowing its colors and
brush strokes to be seen more clearly without the distortion or
reflection typically caused by the glass lens of a miniature's case
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Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by Julius Rubens Ames
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Redheaded Jacksonian Era Gentleman
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