American Artist: Anson Dickinson

Elderly, Early Nineteenth Century American Lady
Wearing a Ruffled Bonnet and a Dark Colored Shawl

American
circa 1820
attributed to Anson Dickinson (1779-1852)*

1 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a sterling silver brooch

*Firm attribution based on comparison to other depictions of elderly subjects by Dickinson -- namely his portraits of Goldsborough Banyar, Sr. (ca. 1808), Gilbert Stuart (ca. 1825), and Edward Livingston (ca. 1827).

Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by Anson Dickinson
(click photo for larger view and additional information):

Early Nineteenth Century American Couple
of New Haven, Connecticut

Jacksonian Era Gentleman

Early Nineteenth Century American Lady

Early American Gentleman, Identified as
'M. W. Potter', Depicted in Profile View

Jacksonian Era Boy in Formal Attire

Ambrose Dickinson (1783-1806), Brother of the Artist,
Painted Two and a Half Months before His Twentieth Birthday