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Dr. Charles Gordon Patterson

James Reid Lambdin (American, 1807-1889) (Artist)
Tiffany and Company (American, 1837-present) (Manufacturer)
1826
watercolor on ivory
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Left profile portrait of a man identified in the engraved inscription on the reverse as Dr. Charles Gordon Patterson wearing a black coat, high black collar, and white ruffled jabot. The miniature is in a Tiffany frame. The frame and inscription match that of WAM 38.490. This may depict the sitter's wife.

Lambdin studied with Thomas Wilcocks Sully (1811-1847), the renowned portraitist in Philadelphia, and established himself as a miniaturist in the same city.

Inscription

[Signed] Lower right, front: L.R.; [Inscription] Engraved on back of frame: Charles Gordon Patterson, M.D. / Son Of / Jehu and Hanna Patterson / Born September 4th, 1796 / Died February 18th, 1835 / Practiced his profession at / Plattsburght, Burlington Co. New Jersey / and / died there / From life at the age of 30

Provenance
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A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown, perhaps from the collection of Albert Rosenthal]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.

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6/24/1964 Treatment other
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USA (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H excluding frame: 3 1/2 x W: 2 5/8 in. (8.89 x 6.67 cm); Framed H: 3 3/4 x W: 3 in. (9.53 x 7.62 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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38.493

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