Andrew Talcott

Carl Weinedel, Andrew Talcott, 1822, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 ¹⁄₂ x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean H. Case, Nancy Lou Gasque, Charles Hollerith, Jr., The Reverend Herman Hollerith, IV, The Reverend Randolph M. Hollerith, Richard Hollerith, Jr., Lucia Lefferts, and Sarah Nietsch, 1997.21

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Artwork Details

Title: Andrew Talcott
Artist: Carl Weinedel
Date: 1822
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 2 ¹⁄₂ x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm) oval
Credit Line: Gift of Jean H. Case, Nancy Lou Gasque, Charles Hollerith, Jr., The Reverend Herman Hollerith, IV, The Reverend Randolph M. Hollerith, Richard Hollerith, Jr., Lucia Lefferts, and Sarah Nietsch
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Talcott, Andrew — bust
Object Number: 1997.21
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.21

Artwork Description

Andrew Talcott is shown at the age of twenty-five, not long after he graduated second in his class from West Point. He was known for devising procedures and instruments for surveying. Talcott became a captain in the Army Corps of Engineers and developed many early railroad routes before leaving the Corps in 1836 to work as a civil engineer.