Copperplate on paper, 2.25 inch-diameter, engraved portrait on sheet of paper, underneath window mat with gilded brass edging within a carved and painted oval frame. Joseph Whipple (1738-1816) was a noted Portsmouth merchant and the brother of William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served briefly as a......
Copperplate on paper, 3.5 inches (view), within carved frame. William Rodman (1757-1824) served as a justice of the peace in Pennsylvania, 1791-1800, a state senator, 1804-1808, and as a representative to the U.S. Congress, 1811-1813. Provenance: deaccessioned from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2013. .
Watercolor on card, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches (view) within gilded brass mat inside original, carved, oval frame (4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. overall). Portrait of an unidentified officer of the elite 5th Battalion of the 60th or "Royal American" Regiment of Foot, circa 1803. He wears the.....
Watercolor on ivory, 1¾ x 1½ inches, initialed and dated: ‘IP/1789’; within original rose gold case. A superb Peale miniature of an American artillery officer, wearing a scarlet-faced, blue uniform featuring gilded buttons and a “rise-and-fal” cape or collar, with gilt bullion epaulette. The single epaulette on the right shoulder.....