Dr. William Beekman

Alexander Robertson, Dr. William Beekman, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1942.11.8
Copied Alexander Robertson, Dr. William Beekman, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 7⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1942.11.8
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Artwork Details

Title
Dr. William Beekman
Artist
Date
ca. 1795
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 7⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Occupation — medicine — doctor
  • Portrait male — Beekman, William — bust
Object Number
1942.11.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1942.11.8

Artwork Description

There were numerous William Beekmans living in New York and New England during the late eighteenth century, but few who obtained medical degrees. The subject of this portrait may have been the Beekman who served as a doctor and is on record as having witnessed at least one patient’s will on Long Island during the 1750s.