Andrew Talcott

Carl Weinedel, Andrew Talcott, 1822, watercolor on ivory, 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
Copied 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
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
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
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.