American Artist: Nathaniel Rogers

Early American Gentleman
Seated in a Bamboo Chair
and Depicted with a Sky Background

American
circa 1820
by Nathaniel Rogers (1787-1844)

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

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilded copper case with cast foliate edging
and a glazed compartment to the reverse containing plaited hair

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 Nathaniel Rogers
(click photos for larger views and additional information):

Jacksonian Era Gentleman
with Long Sideburns

Jacksonian Era Gentleman
with the Initials "J H"