The subject was the daughter of Mortimer Turner of New Orleans and Helen Maria (Davidson) Turner. She was the sister of the artist and the great-granddaughter of John Pintard, founder of The New-York Historical Society.

Abigail Taylor was the daughter of John and Mary (Whitehead) Taylor of Long Island. She was the first wife of the Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Southold and Dosoris, Long Island. This miniature, based on a portrait in oil by an unidentified artist, was probably painted about 1795, soon after William Dunlap married Elizabeth Woolsey (1768-1848), granddaughter of the subject. The miniature was a gift to the Society from the subject's great-great-great-grandson.

Magdalen Zuricher was the daughter of John Zuricher of New York City. Her husband, John Peter Ritter (ca. 1746-1813), operated a dry goods store at 504 Greenwich Street. This miniature is based on an earlier portrait by an unidentified artist.

John McComb III was the only son of John McComb, Jr., and Elizabeth (Glean) McComb. This miniature portrait of him was purchased by the Society from his granddaughter.

Eliza Abramse was the daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Walker) Abramse. She married Archibald Robertson, a promising young artist recently arrived from Scotland, in 1794. She learned to paint in watercolors from her husband and became a rather talented amateur artist in her own right, exhibiting her work several times at the American Academy of Fine Arts. This miniature may be a self-portrait.

William Robertson of Drumnahoy, Scotland, was an architect who worked at Monymusk before settling in Aberdeen. The artist, his youngest son, was one of the leading miniaturists in England in the first quarter of the 19th century.

The subject, a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, was said to be an aide of Benjamin Franklin in France.