American Artist: Daniel Dickinson

Early Nineteenth Century American Gentleman

American
circa 1820
by Daniel Dickinson (1795-1877)

1 16/16 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt copper case

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
(Click + symbol above for an enlarged view)