| Accession # |
20.962 |
|
Artist |
Eliab Metcalf
|
| Title |
Portrait of John Haslett, M.D. |
| Date |
ca. 1822 |
| Medium |
Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens |
| 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) |
| 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." |
| Signed |
Unsigned |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 47, Drawer A
|
| 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. |
