Artwork Details
- Title
- Judge Thomas Ewing
- Artist
- Attributed to Daniel Dickinson
- Date
- ca. 1840
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sight 3 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) oval
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alexander Vernon Wasson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Keywords
- Occupation — law — judge
- Portrait male — Ewing, Thomas — bust
- Object Number
- 1976.31
Artwork Description
Judge Thomas Ewing, born in West Virginia in 1789, began his career as a schoolteacher in Ohio. He went on to practice law and in 1830 was elected to the U.S. Senate. This portrait shows Ewing at around fifty-five years old, about the time he became secretary of the treasury for President Tyler.