American Artist: Sarah Goodridge

Jacksonian Era Gentleman
(One of a Pair of Portrait Miniatures
of a Husband and Wife)

American
circa 1830-1835
by Sarah Goodridge (1788-1853)

1 7/16 x 1 15/16 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a later (ca. 1850) thermoplastic
"sixth plate" Union case by Samuel Peck & Co., of New Haven, Connecticut

A view of the portrait outside its case, allowing its colors and
brush strokes to be seen more clearly without the distortion or
reflection that is often caused by the glass lens of a miniature's case
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A full view of the miniature's open case, with embossed velvet lining the left panel
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Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by Sarah Goodridge
(click photos for larger views and additional information):

Jacksonian Era Lady
(One of a Pair of Portrait Miniatures
of a Husband and Wife)

Jacksonian Era Lady

Jacksonian Era Lady Wearing a High-Back
Lace Collar and a Coral-Colored Shawl

Jacksonian Era Gentleman