Mr. Rutherford

Henry Inman, Mr. Rutherford, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.21
Henry Inman, Mr. Rutherford, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.6 x 6.3 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.21
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Artwork Details

Title
Mr. Rutherford
Artist
Attributed to Henry Inman
Date
ca. 1820
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.6 x 6.3 cm) oval
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Rutherford, Mr. — bust
Object Number
1999.27.21
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.27.21

Artwork Description

This miniature is attributed to Henry Inman, but we do not know anything about the sitter, Mr. Rutherford. His gathered sleeves may have been padded to add extra volume, as was the fashion during the 1820s. In Henry Luttrell’s poem Advice to Julia, these “buckram-wadded shoulders” astonished “all beholders.”

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Henry Wolf, Portrait of a Lady, 1906, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.228
Portrait of a Lady
Artist
Date1906
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Mrs. Alexander Campbell, 1913, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.282
Mrs. Alexander Campbell
Artist
Date1913
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Mrs. Deborah Franklin, 1898, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.160
Mrs. Deborah Franklin
Artist
Date1898
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Miss Eleanor Gordon, 1908, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.238
Miss Eleanor Gordon
Artist
Date1908
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view

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