John B. Pendleton

Rembrandt Peale, John B. Pendleton, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, image (oval): 1 ⁷⁄₈ x 1 ⁵⁄₈ in. (4.9 x 4.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.38

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Artwork Details

Title: John B. Pendleton
Artist: Rembrandt Peale
Date: ca. 1820
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image (oval): 1 ⁷⁄₈ x 1 ⁵⁄₈ in. (4.9 x 4.0 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Pendelton, John B. — bust
Object Number: 1999.27.38
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.27.38

Artwork Description

John B. Pendleton (1798-1866) was one of America’s earliest lithographers, establishing his printing house in Boston in 1825. Lithography was then the most modern form of reproducing a drawing. One of Pendleton’s apprentices was Nathaniel Currier, who would eventually buy his mentor’s firm and, with his new partner, rename it Currier & Ives. Rembrandt Peale also painted a full-length portrait of Pendleton, now owned by the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.