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John Caflin Southwick, Jr.

These two paintings are from a group of family portraits commissioned by the Brooklyn businessman John Southwick from George Baker, Jr., a prominent portraitist in New York. Baker’s contemporaries credited his success to his early work as a miniature painter, a craft he learned from his father. Such training helped the younger Baker hone his skills at modeling the human figure, creating delicate color effects, and fostering a sense of intimacy in full-scale oil portraits.

This text refers to these objects: 1999.54.4; 1999.54.5

Artist: George Augustus Baker Jr., American, 1821-1880
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1870
Dimensions: 21 x 17in. (53.3 x 43.2cm)
Signature: Signed at lower right: "G.A. Baker / 1870"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1999.54.5
Credit Line: Gift of the American Art Council
Image: Overall, 1999.54.5_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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