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TitleCaptain James Lawrence

Creator nameBirch, Thomas

Creator name (description)Attributed to Thomas Birch

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1810–1813

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on ivory

Dimensions2 11/16 × 2 in. (6.8 × 5.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/77381

Accession number2006.225.16

SubjectsPortrait miniaturesMen--PortraitsSea in artShip captains in art

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5. The Heyday of the American Miniature

Robin Jaffee Frank

Love and Loss: American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures

~Around the turn of the century, the demand for miniatures increased. The mood of the federal era can be seen in Robert Field’s celebration of Martha Washington’s undying love for her husband and P. R. Vallée’s homage to a dead bride. The graceful aesthetics of these portraits, and the high level of private embellishment through hairwork and...

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Robin Jaffee Frank

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.155-227

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00078.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19055&redirecttoanchor=41237

Chapter subject tags:Portrait miniaturesPortrait Painting, AmericanPainting--Technique

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