Collections: American Art: Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.

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Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.

• Artist: Eliab Metcalf, American, 1785-1834
• Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens
• Dates: ca. 1822
• Dimensions: Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) Backing Card: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm) Liner & lens: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
• Signature: Unsigned
• Inscriptions: Artist's business card, used for backing the portrait: image of putto holding a banner on which is printed "E. METCALF, PORTRAIT & MINIATURE PAINTER." and written in script "Broadway, / No. 152."
• Collections: American Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 20.962
• Credit Line: Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett
• Image: Overall, 20.962.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) Backing Card: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm) Liner & lens: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: This object is a disassembled miniature consisting of: the portrait (watercolor on an oval sheet of ivory glued to paper), backing paper cut from the artist's business card, and the metal liner and glass lens which were part of the now-lost original housing (most likely, a locket). There is a faint graphite tracing of the sitter's head and an illegible inscription on the verso of the portrait.