Unidentified man
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780-1790
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 3.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Cruger
Object Number:
1873.4
Gallery Label:
When the miniature was presented to the Society, the subject was identified as President James Madison. However, no other portrait of Madison is known that represents him at a comparable age.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
30355
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Armstrong Chanler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1896
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 6 x 4.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.251
Marks:
Signed lower right: "Behenna"
Gallery Label:
Amélie Rives, who was born in Richmond, Va., the daughter of Col. Alfred Landon Rives and Sadie (McMurdo) Rives, was destined to become a well-known literary figure as well as a prominent socialite. Her first novel, "The Quick or the Dead?," was published in Philadelphia in 1888. That same year she married John Armstrong Chanler, a lawyer of New York; they were divorced in 1895. Her second husband was Prince Pierre Troubetskoy (d. 1936), a Russian artist; they were married in 1896.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
30325
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Struthers
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca.1895
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 8.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.243
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
30323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mignonne Woodworth
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 5.7 x 4.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.277
Marks:
signed and dated: at left:"Paillet/1891"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
30318
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (ca.1850-1916)
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.273
Marks:
Signed and dated lower right: "PAILLET / 1892"
Gallery Label:
Sarah Helen Townsend was the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Austen) Townsend. She married Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (1841-1900), the son the Henry Rogers Winthrop, on June 4, 1872. Her husband was a lawyer, a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and served as a Fellow of Yale University from 1891 until his death. The Winthrops maintained residences in New York and Newport, Rhode Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
30315
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Esteban Rodriguez Miro (1744-1795)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
Description:
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Thomas W. Streeter
Object Number:
1957.29
Marks:
inscribed: in red: "AA"
Gallery Label:
Miro, a native of Catalonia, Spain, served as governor of Louisiana from 1782 to 1791.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
30294
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Arthur Lumley Levy (1811-1888)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Florence N. Levy
Object Number:
1946.145
Marks:
label: typed on back: "Painted in Southampton, England, about 1840"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in England and came to America in the 1840s. This miniature portrait of him was a gift to the Society from his granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
30290
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Florence Wright (1859-1911)
Classification:
Date:
ca.1900
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 8.9 x 5.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.281
Marks:
signed: at left:"Weidner"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the eldest daughter of Isaac Merritt and Mary (Bedford) Wright. Her father was at one time U.S. consul in Vienna, and her mother was an heir to the Bedford estate of Lord Beresford.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30287
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Philip Emil Sauer (ca. 1820-1896)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.222
Marks:
signed: "Behenna"
Gallery Label:
Léontine Marié, the sister of the donor, was the youngest daughter of Jean Baptiste Marié and Léontine (Arnaud) Marié of New York. She married Philip Emil Sauer, president of the German Bank at 120 Broadway, on April 28, 1857.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
30286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Susan Whittier (1874-1934)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 in. ( 6.4 x 5.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.269
Marks:
signed and dated: at right:"Paillet/1892"
Gallery Label:
This miniature may represent Susan Tucker Whittier, the daughter of Charles Albert Whittier (1840-1908) of Boston and Elizabeth (Chadwick) Whittier (1846-1906). This Susan Whittier married Prince Serge Belosselsky-Belozersky, a Russian army officer and nobleman who fled Russia in 1917, losing his vast fortune and estate during the revolution.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
30285
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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