Catherine Douglas Dickson

Raphaelle Peale, Catherine Douglas Dickson, ca. 1818, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.3.33
Copied Raphaelle Peale, Catherine Douglas Dickson, ca. 1818, watercolor on ivory, 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.3.33
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Artwork Details

Title
Catherine Douglas Dickson
Artist
Date
ca. 1818
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Dickson, Katherine Douglas — bust
Object Number
1944.3.33
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1944.3.33

Artwork Description

Catharine Dickson (1802-1870) was the daughter of William E. Dickson, Greeneville, Tennessee’s first postmaster. Her miniature may have been painted to celebrate her impending marriage to Dr. Alexander Williams (1793-1852) of Surrey, North Carolina, an ancestor of the playwright Tennessee Williams. The inscription within this miniature states that the likeness was “taken when 16 years old by Rembrandt Peele [sic].” That attribution has changed, awarding this miniature to Rembrandt’s brother Raphaelle.