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Source Description
Waist-length, three-quarter to right portrait of a young man with wavy, light brown hair, wearing a dark blue coat, yellow vest, high white collar and black stock with a rectangular gold pin.This portrait may show Abraham Shoemaker (1785-1832), a member of the Philadelphia bar who succeeded his father, also called Abraham, as Associate Justice in 1818. He married Hannah Huddel in 1823.Thomas Sully is known to have executed about 60 miniatures, mostly before 1806.
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Document identity
localId
4818
label
Abraham Shoemaker
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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4818
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Abraham Shoemaker
description
Waist-length, three-quarter to right portrait of a young man with wavy, light brown hair, wearing a dark blue coat, yellow vest, high white collar and black stock with a rectangular gold pin.This portrait may show Abraham Shoemaker (1785-1832), a member of the Philadelphia bar who succeeded his father, also called Abraham, as Associate Justice in 1818. He married Hannah Huddel in 1823.Thomas Sully is known to have executed about 60 miniatures, mostly before 1806.
provenance
Shoemaker family; A.J. Fink, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; A.J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
1825-1835
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
7.6
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 3 1/2 x W: 3 in. (8.89 x 7.62 cm); Framed H: 6 1/2 x W: 5 7/8 in. (16.51 x 14.92 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] On reverse in ink: Abrm Shoemaker
med
watercolor on ivory, or paper
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5305
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EAN
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none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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