Antique miniature portraits of the Tormey-Holder Collection

 

 


American Artist: M. E. Mynerts

 

 

Portrait miniature by M. E. Mynerts of a Jacksonian era lady of New Orleans.



Jacksonian Era Lady of New Orleans

American
circa 1840
by M. E. Mynerts

1 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches (sight)

watercolor and gouache on ivory; housed in a
gilt metal case with a cast foliate border and bail

 

About the Artist: Early American itinerant painter M. E. Mynerts was active from 1821 to at least 1842, traveling throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States in search of painting commissions. He was primarily a painter of miniature portraits in watercolor on both ivory and paper, but by his newspaper advertisements we know that he also painted profiles (silhouettes) and full-sized portraits in oil on canvas. He also advertised his services as an art teacher (teaching the art of painting fruit, flowers and birds). As evidenced by advertisements Mynerts published in various local newspapers, he is known to have worked in Charleston, South Carolina (1821), Newbern [today known as New Bern], North Carolina (1822), Fayetteville, North Carolina (1823), Easton, Maryland (1831 and 1832), Charlestown, Virginia [today, known as Charles Town, West Virginia] (1833), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1835 and 1836), Nashville, Tennessee (1836), St. Louis, Missouri (1836), New Orleans, Louisiana (1838, 1840 and 1842), and Natchez, Mississippi (1839). Listed by Blättel (pages 662, 663).


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Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by M. E. Mynerts
(click photo for larger view and additional information):

 

Portrait miniature by M. E. Mynerts of Solomon Fowler Mills (1817-1876) of Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Solomon Fowler Mills (1817-1876)
of Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana

 

 

 

 

 

 


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