American Artist: John Wood Dodge

Jacksonian Era Lady
Wearing Coral Jewelry

American
dated 1834*
by John Wood Dodge (1807-1893)

1 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt copper case with cast foliate edging

*case is engraved to the reverse: "Oct. 29, 1834"

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)

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

Jacksonian Era Gentleman
Identified as James Laird*

William Richard Thomas Chaplain (1811-1840),
Painted Posthumously after a Full-Sized Portrait
in Oil on Canvas, Painted between 1837 and 1840, by
Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans