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Source Description
Left profile portrait of a man identified in the engraved inscription on the reverse as Dr. Charles Gordon Patterson wearing a black coat, high black collar, and white ruffled jabot. The miniature is in a Tiffany frame. The frame and inscription match that of WAM 38.490. This may depict the sitter's wife.Lambdin studied with Thomas Wilcocks Sully (1811-1847), the renowned portraitist in Philadelphia, and established himself as a miniaturist in the same city.
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Document identity
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17213
label
Dr. Charles Gordon Patterson
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object
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Source metadata
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17213
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title
Dr. Charles Gordon Patterson
description
Left profile portrait of a man identified in the engraved inscription on the reverse as Dr. Charles Gordon Patterson wearing a black coat, high black collar, and white ruffled jabot. The miniature is in a Tiffany frame. The frame and inscription match that of WAM 38.490. This may depict the sitter's wife.Lambdin studied with Thomas Wilcocks Sully (1811-1847), the renowned portraitist in Philadelphia, and established himself as a miniaturist in the same city.
provenance
A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown, perhaps from the collection of Albert Rosenthal]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
1826
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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2
pageCount
2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
6.7
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 3 1/2 x W: 2 5/8 in. (8.89 x 6.67 cm); Framed H: 3 3/4 x W: 3 in. (9.53 x 7.62 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed] Lower right
front: L.R.; [Inscription] Engraved on back of frame: Charles Gordon Patterson
M.D. / Son Of / Jehu and Hanna Patterson / Born September 4th
1796 / Died February 18th
1835 / Practiced his profession at / Plattsburght
Burlington Co. New Jersey / and / died there / From life at the age of 30
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watercolor on ivory
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5702
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EAN
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none
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1
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photo
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photo
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