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A Gentleman

Attributed to Anna Claypoole Peale (American, 1791-1878) (Artist)
ca. 1825
watercolor on ivory
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Bust-length portrait of man with black hair, wearing a black coat with a high white collar.

This piece has been attributed to Anna Claypoole Peale, the daughter of the miniaturist James Peale. She exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she was elected an academician in 1824.

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A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.

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6/23/1964 Treatment other
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USA (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H excluding frame: 3 in. (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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38.473

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