Augustus Fricke

Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, Augustus Fricke, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1950.7.10
Copied Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, Augustus Fricke, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 3⁄4 x 3 in. (7.0 x 7.5 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1950.7.10
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Artwork Details

Title
Augustus Fricke
Artist
Date
ca. 1795
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 3⁄4 x 3 in. (7.0 x 7.5 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Fricke, Augustus — bust
Object Number
1950.7.10
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.7.10

Artwork Description

Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1763, Augustus Fricke (or Fritsche) lived much of his adult life in Philadelphia. He was a cloth merchant, specializing in imported lace, and served in the Second City Troop in 1808. He applied for a passport in 1810, and lived in Havana until his death the following year from yellow fever.