News and New Additions

Following are new additions to the website (not necessarily new to the collection, but newly added to the website), with newest items listed first. Click photos for larger views and additional information.

New photos added to website August 15, 2024:

Early Twentieth Century American Lady
Wearing a Diamond Necklace

Anglo-American
circa 1920
by Harry Valentine Shellard (1877-1958)
(signed obverse, left edge, "Shellard")

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a decorative scroll motif border

New photos added to website August 05, 2024:

World War I Era American Lady
Depicted in a Demure, Coy Pose

American
dated 1918
by Claude E. Quivey (1871-1943)
(Signed lower right edge, 'Quivey 1918')

3 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal pendant frame

New photos added to website July 29, 2024:

Early Twentieth Century American Lady with Red Hair

American
circa 1920
by Claude E. Quivey (1871-1943)
(Signed obverse, bottom left edge, 'Quivey')

3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under in a gilt metal case

New photos added to website July 29, 2024:

Elizabeth "Bess" Efferson Carpenter (1890-1973)

of New York, Depicted with a Sky Background

American
circa 1925
by P. Phillips
(signed obverse, lower right edge, 'P. Phillips')

3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a distinctive floral and foliate motif border

Added to website July 21, 2024:

Peter Arms Bunce (1915-1946),
Son of Natalie Bunce and Carleton Bayley Bunce
and Brother of of Bayley Bunce, Depicted
in an Outdoor Landscape (Painted circa 1922
from a Photograph Taken circa 1921)

by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
(signed obverse, lower right edge, "M. Hartman")
circa 1922

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a distinctive floral and foliate motif border

Added to website July 21, 2024:

Bayley Bunce (1914-1996),
Son of Natalie Bunce and Carleton Bayley Bunce
and Brother of of Peter Arms Bunce, Depicted
in an Outdoor Landscape (Painted circa 1922
from a Photograph Taken circa 1921)

by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
(signed obverse, lower right edge, "M. Hartman")
circa 1922

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a distinctive floral and foliate motif border

Added to website July 21, 2024:

Natalie Arms Bunce (1877-1966),
Daughter of Alice Avery Arms and Col. Charles Jessup Arms
and Sister of Audubon Arms

by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
(signed obverse, lower edge, "M. H.")
circa 1922

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a distinctive floral and foliate motif border

Added to website July 21, 2024:

Audubon Arms (1876-1902),
Son of Alice Avery Arms and Col. Charles Jessup Arms,
(Named after His Great-Great-Uncle John James Audubon)
Depicted in an Outdoor Landscape
(Painted circa 1921 from a Photograph
Taken circa 1898-1899)

by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
circa 1921

2 5/8 x 3 1/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt
metal case with engraved scroll border

Added to website July 21, 2024:

Alice Avery Arms (1851-1922), Wife of
Col. Charles Jessup Arms, Depicted in an Outdoor
Landscape (Painted circa 1922 from a
Photograph Taken circa 1915)

by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
(signed obverse, right edge, "M. Hartman")
circa 1922

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a distinctive floral and foliate motif border

New photos added to website July 21, 2024:

Early Twentieth Century American Lady
Wearing a Mink Stole and Depicted
in an Outdoor Landscape

by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
(signed obverse, lower right, "M. Hartman")
circa 1925

2 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal case
with a distinctive floral and foliate motif border

Added to website May 31, 2024:

Federalist Era Gentleman
with Powdered Hair

American
circa 1798
by Elkanah Tisdale (1768-1835)

2 x 2 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gold case

Added to website May 30, 2024:

Sarah Scoville née Eliot (Mrs. John Scoville;
1772-1852), of Albany New York

American
dated 1798
by Elkanah Tisdale (1768-1835)

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a later (circa 1850) gold locket case

Added to website May 28, 2024:

Young, Federalist Era Gentleman

American
circa 1794
by Elkanah Tisdale (1768-1835)

2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gold case, with a
glazed compartment to the reverse containing plaited hair

Added to website May 27, 2024:

Jacksonian Era Boy in Formal Attire

American
circa 1835-1840
by Anson Dickinson (1779-1852)

2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a leather bound traveling case

Added to website May 27, 2024:

Early Nineteenth Century Gentleman
Depicted with a Sky Background

American
dated 1822
by Carl Weinedel (ca. 1794-1845)

(Signed, lower left, "Weinedel / 1822".)

2 x 2 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gold case

It is believed that notes likely exist on the portrait's
backing paper, perhaps identifying the subject or the location of
where he was painted, but the case's glass lens is burnished in place
with gold, making it difficult to open without causing damage.

New photos added to website May 25, 2024:

Early Nineteenth Century American Gentleman

American
circa 1810
by John Brewster, Jr. (1766-1854)

2 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a hinged, red leather
case (only partially shown) with a green velvet surround and green silk lining

Added to website May 16, 2024:

Young, Jacksonian Era Boy Wearing
a Blue Dress with an Embroidered Floral Pattern

American
circa 1840
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)

2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal case

Added to website May 13, 2024:

Young, Jacksonian Era Boy Wearing a Red Shirt,
Western Bow Tie and Dark Colored Jacket

American
circa 1830-1835
Artist unknown

1 3/4 x 2 1/16 inches (sight)

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

Added to website May 13, 2024:

Early American Gentleman, Depicted in
Three-Quarter View and with a Sky Background

American
circa 1820-1825
Artist unknown

1 5/8 x 2 inches (sight)

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

Added to website May 13, 2024:

Jacksonian Era Lady Wearing a
Black Dress and Lace Fichu

American
circa 1840
Artist unknown

2 x 2 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt
metal case with a cast foliate border

Added to website May 13, 2024:

Federalist Era Gentleman
with Connections to Freemasonry

American
circa 1795
by Isaac Sanford (1763-1842)

1 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gold case with hairwork
and Masonic iconography to the reverse

Added to website May 12, 2024:

Young Jacksonian Era Lady
Depicted Among Clouds

American
circa 1830
by James Passmore Smith (1803-1888)

1 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches (sight)

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

Added to website May 12, 2024:

Cameo Portrait of an Mid-Nineteenth Century Boy,
Carved into Shell and Mounted in a 15 Karat Gold Brooch

Italian
circa 1850
Signed obverse right edge, "Saulini F[ecit]"

2 x 2 1/2 inches

Added to website May 12, 2024:

Cameo Portrait of an Early Twentieth Century Gentleman, Carved
into Striated Black Onyx and Mounted in an 18 Karat Gold Surround

American
circa 1915-1925
Engraved to the underside of the subject's bust, "L. Zellner" (Louis Zöellner, 1852-1934)

1 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches

Added to website May 12, 2024:

Cameo Portrait of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Gentleman,
Carved into Shell and Mounted in a 14 Karat Gold and
Black Enamel Brooch

Likely French
Signed and dated to the reverse, "Adele H., 1859"

1 x 1 1/4 inches (sight);
full brooch measures 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches

Added to website May 11, 2024:

Capt. Thomas Watt (1756-1839)
of the 71st Regiment of Foot of the British Army
during the American Revolutionary War

Anglo-American
circa 1777/1778
by Joseph Dunckerley (1752-1806)

1 3/16 x 1 7/16 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gold case with brooch pin,
engraved to the reverse, "L'amitie en fait le prix" (French for "friendship pays the price")

Added to website May 11, 2024:

Miss Hepzibah Hall (1764-1836),
Later Mrs. John Browne Fitch
of Medford, Massachusetts

Anglo-American
circa 1780-1785
by Joseph Dunckerley (1752-1806)

1 x 1 5/16 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gold case with brooch pin

Added to website May 11, 2024:

Young Girl of the Dennison Family of Mystic, Connecticut,
Depicted in an Interesting Front-On Pose

American
circa 1845
Artist unknown

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a later (ca. 1900) frame of gilt brass

Added to website May 11, 2024:

Jacksonian Era Lady, Depicted in a Landscape
with a Dramatic Sky Background

American
circa 1840
Artist unknown

2 1/16 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a case of embossed
leather over wood with a gilded ormolu mat

Added to website May 11, 2024:

Georgian Era Sepia-Toned Mourning Miniature
Depicting a Funerary Urn Emblazoned with the Initial "T";
to the Reverse is a gold cipher with the initials "MWM",
Plated Hair and an Engraved Motto, which Reads,
"Une Marque de Reconnoissance" a Mark of Remembrance"

circa 1790
Artist unknown

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

watercolor on ivory; housed in a navette-shaped gold brooch with a surround of blue enamel and split pearls

Added to website May 10, 2024:

Georgian Era Pastoral Scene, Painted in Miniature
with Sepia-Toned Watercolor and Macerated Hair --
Depicting a Man with a Cane, Walking His Dog Alongside a Stream

English
circa 1780
Artist Unknown
(Note, however, the initials "A. C." that appear at the bottom of the
miniature. It is not known whether these initials refer to the artist who
painted the scene, or the man depicted in the scene.)

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

watercolor and macerated hair on ivory;
housed under glass in a gold bracelet clasp that was,
at some point in its past, converted into a pendant

Added to website May 10, 2024:

Georgian Era Pastoral Scene, Painted in Miniature
with Sepia-Toned Watercolor and Macerated Hair

English
circa 1780
Artist Unknown

1 1/4 x 1 1/16 inches (sight)

watercolor and macerated hair on ivory;
housed under glass in a gold bracelet clasp

Added to website May 10, 2024:

Miss Mary Magdalene Powell (1795-1864; later
Mrs. George Hoag Campbell), of Albany, New York

American
circa 1815-1820
by Ezra Ames (1768-1836)

2 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a later (ca. 1860)
octagonal thermoplastic union case by S. Peck & Co.
(Samuel Peck, 1813-1879, New Haven, Connecticut)

Added to website January 3, 2024:

Early Nineteenth Century American Lady
Wearing a Black Lace Mantilla

American
circa 1810-1814
by William Massey Stroud Doyle (1769-1828)

(signed obverse, lower right edge, "Doyle" and dated
what could be either 1810 or 1814 -- lower portions of the
numbers are missing; the last digit could either be a "0" or a"4")

2 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches (sight); 4 1/4 x 5 inches (frame)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a later
(i.e., not original to the portrait) lemon gilt frame

Jacksonian Era Lady
(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

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

Jacksonian Era Lady Wearing a
Lace Bonnet and Shawl

American
circa 1835
attributed to Augustus Fuller (1812-1873)

2 1/4 x 3 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a later (ca. 1857) thermoplastic
"quarter plate" Union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., of Florence, Massachusetts

Distinguished-Looking
Georgian Era Gentleman of Color

Likely English
circa 1785
Artist unknown*

1 1/2 x 2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gold case with
brite-cut engraving and a glazed compartment to the reverse
containing plaited hair and a gold monogram with the initials 'FP'

*It has been suggested that the artist might be the Irish-born
Samuel Andrews (ca, 1767-1807), but we have been unable to confirm that attribution.

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

American
circa 1835
by Sarah Goodridge (1788-1853)

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt copper
case (missing its bale) with a glazed compartment to the
reverse containing a braided lock of hair

Young, Victorian Era Boy Wearing a Vibrantly-Colored Silk
Tartan Jacket and Depicted with a Sky Background

Scottish
circa 1840
Artist unknown

1 5/8 x 2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal
brooch with a panel of mother-of-pearl to the reverse

Georgian Era Child (Likely a Boy*)
Wearing a Pink Sash

English
circa 1770
Attributed to Thomas Redmond (ca. 1745-1785)

1 x 1 3/4inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal brooch

*In Georgian times, pink was a color commonly worn by boys.

Jacksonian Era Gentleman with Long Sideburns

American
circa 1830
by Joseph Wood (1778-1832)

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt
copper case with a cast foliate border and bail

Early Nineteenth Century Scottish American Gentleman

American
circa 1820
by Joseph Wood (1778-1832)

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a cast, gilt
copper case with raised thistle and acanthus leaf details

Jacksonian Era Gentleman

American
circa 1840
by Christopher Martin Greiner (1809-1885)
(signed lower right edge, 'Greiner')

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

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

Jacksonian Era Lady
Wearing a Fur Coat

American
circa 1840
by Christopher Martin Greiner (1809-1885)
(signed lower right edge, 'Greiner')

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

watercolor on card; housed under glass in a gilt
metal case with a cast foliate border and bail

Jacksonian Era Lady, Depicted in a
Mountainous Landscape at Dusk

American
circa 1835
attributed to John Wentworth Sturgeon (ca. 1785-1838; a/k/a 'J. W. Sturgeon')

2 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt copper case with a cast foliate border and bail

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

American
circa 1810-1815
by Anson Dickinson (1779-1852)*

3/4 x 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass (which has suffered a scratch over the subject's hair and forehead) in a gilt copper, pendant-style case, adorned with seed pearls and engraved 'M. W. Potter' to the reverse.

*Firm attribution based on comparison to other very small profile portraits known to have been painted by Dickinson -- most notably, a miniature of Robert Broome (ca. 1810) in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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).

Early American Lady Wearing a
Lace Bonnet with a Blue Ribbon

American
circa 1770
artist unknown*

1 x 1 3/16 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass** in a gold brooch

Formerly a holding of the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Abrams of Baltimore, Maryland

*It has been suggested that this miniature might be by John Singleton Copley.

**The glass lens has experienced an unfortunate scratch, visible from the subject's forehead to the top of her bonnet, causing shadowing on the image below.

Early Twentieth Century American Lady
with Strawberry Blonde Hair

American
circa 1920
by Claude E. Quivey
(Signed 'Quivey', bottom left edge)

3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal pendant frame

Redheaded Jacksonian Era Gentleman

American
circa 1830-1835
by Julius Rubens Ames (1801-1850)

1 9/16 x 1 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt copper
case with a cast foliate border and bail, and a glazed compartment
to the reverse containing a tintype photo of the subject at an older age

Gray-Haired Jacksonian Era Gentleman

American
circa 1825
by Julius Rubens Ames (1801-1850)

2 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt
copper case with a cast foliate border and bail