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Source Description
Susan Coren Towers was the daughter of a major in the Revolutionary War, and her husband was a successful woolen goods manufacturer. While little is known about Towers outside of her husband’s and father’s pursuits, Peale painted her with slightly asymmetrical clothing, bouncy curls, and a slight smirk, possible hints at her personality. While many portrait miniatures have compartments containing the sitter’s hair, this example holds hair from two individuals, likely Towers and a loved one.
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Document identity
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121281
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Portrait of Susan Coren Towers
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object
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Source metadata
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121281
contentType
object
title
Portrait of Susan Coren Towers
description
Susan Coren Towers was the daughter of a major in the Revolutionary War, and her husband was a successful woolen goods manufacturer. While little is known about Towers outside of her husband’s and father’s pursuits, Peale painted her with slightly asymmetrical clothing, bouncy curls, and a slight smirk, possible hints at her personality. While many portrait miniatures have compartments containing the sitter’s hair, this example holds hair from two individuals, likely Towers and a loved one.
date
1796
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80017084
creators
3745
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Portrait Miniature
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Framed: 8 x 6.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.); Unframed: 7.1 x 5.6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
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America, late 18th Century
accession
1942.1151
Source extras
tec
watercolor on ivory
tombstone
Portrait of Susan Coren Towers, 1796. James Peale (American, 1749–1831). Watercolor on ivory; framed: 8 x 6.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.); unframed: 7.1 x 5.6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1942.1151
collection
American - Painting
inscriptions
inscription
signed lower left: I P / 1796
didYouKnow
Online fans of the Broadway musical <em>Hamilton </em>have frequently misidentified this image as a portrait of Peggy Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton’s sister-in-law.
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; <em>The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> 1951.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 38, cat. 89, p. 18; Reproduced: plate XLIII
creditline
The Edward B. Greene Collection
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2026-05-29 06:14:51.341000
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121281
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American Painting and Sculpture
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American - Painting
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watercolor on ivory
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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