Elizabeth Knapp

Media - 1937.11.1 - SAAM-1937.11.1_1 - 937
Copied James Peale, Elizabeth Knapp, 1802, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 582 in. (6.75.1 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1937.11.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Elizabeth Knapp
Artist
Date
1802
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 582 in. (6.75.1 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait female — Knapp, Elizabeth — bust
Object Number
1937.11.1

Artwork Description

There are numerous women by this name who lived during the time James Peale was painting miniatures, making it difficult to determine exactly who this sitter might be. However, an Elizabeth Knapp of Danbury, Connecticut, died about 1802, and it is possible that this miniature was painted to commemorate her passing. The back of the locket contains a lock of her hair, bound in gold thread and set with pearls.