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Source Description
A young woman stares longingly at a portrait miniature of a loved one who is absent.Although born in London to American parents, Leslie was raised in Philadelphia. At the age of 17, he returned to London, where he studied with the American artists Benjamin West and Washington Allston. Except for several months in 1833 when he served as a professor at the United States Military Academy, he pursued a successful career in London as a painter of theatrical and modern historical subjects.
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Document identity
localId
20425
label
The Miniature
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20425
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Miniature
description
A young woman stares longingly at a portrait miniature of a loved one who is absent.Although born in London to American parents, Leslie was raised in Philadelphia. At the age of 17, he returned to London, where he studied with the American artists Benjamin West and Washington Allston. Except for several months in 1833 when he served as a professor at the United States Military Academy, he pursued a successful career in London as a painter of theatrical and modern historical subjects.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1794-1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
50
height
35.8
dimensionsRaw
19 11/16 x 14 1/8 in. (50 x 35.8 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
2423
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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23161562ec898958