Catharine Dickson (1802−1870) was the daughter of William E. Dickson, Greeneville, Tennessee’s first postmaster. Her miniature may have been painted to celebrate her impending marriage to Dr. Alexander Williams (1793−1852) of Surrey, North Carolina, an ancestor of the playwright Tennessee Williams. The inscription within this miniature states that the likeness was “taken when 16 years old by Rembrandt Peele [sic].” That attribution has changed, awarding this miniature to Rembrandt’s brother Raphaelle.
- Title
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Catherine Douglas Dickson
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1818
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm) oval
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Portrait female – Dickson, Katherine Douglas – bust
- Object Number
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1944.3.33
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
