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Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.
Eliab Metcalfca. 1822
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
This object is a disassembled miniature consisting of: the portrait (watercolor on an oval sheet of ivory glued to paper), backing paper cut from the artists business card, and the metal liner and glass lens which were part of the now-lost original housing (most likely, a locket). There is a faint graphite tracing of the sitters head and an illegible inscription on the verso of the portrait.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.
- Creator Lifespan: American, 1785-1834
- Creator Nationality: American
- Date Created: ca. 1822
- Type: Portrait, Miniatures
- Rights: Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/11667/Portrait_of_John_Haslett_M.D.
- Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens
- Signed: Unsigned
- Inscribed: Artists business card, used for backing the portrait: image of putto holding a banner on which is printed "E. METCALF, PORTRAIT & MINIATURE PAINTER." and written in script "Broadway, /No. 152."
- Dimensions: Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm)Backing Card: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm)Liner & lens: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
- Collection: American Art
- Artist: Eliab Metcalf
- Accession number: 20.962
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