Elizabeth Oliphant

James Peale, Elizabeth Oliphant, 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques, 1942.2.3
James Peale, Elizabeth Oliphant, 1795, watercolor on ivory, image: sight 2 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques, 1942.2.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Elizabeth Oliphant
Artist
Date
1795
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: sight 2 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.0 x 5.8 cm) oval
Credit Line
Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Oliphant, Elizabeth — bust
Object Number
1942.2.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1942.2.3

Artwork Description

Elizabeth Oliphant was the sister of Robert Oliphant, whose miniature, painted by Raphaelle Peale, is also in this collection. They were the eldest children of William Oliphant, a wealthy Philadelphia landowner. The year after this miniature was painted, Elizabeth married William Flintham, and it is likely that this painting commemorated her engagement. This miniature remained in the family for several generations, until it passed to a close friend who bequeathed it, and the miniature of her brother, to this museum.

Works by this artist (16 items)

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James Peale, Mrs. John McCluney, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1950.12.3
Mrs. John McCluney
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1817, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2020.20.234
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date1817
oil on canvas
Not on view
James Peale, Major-General Anthony Wayne, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.41
Major-General Anthony Wayne
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1789, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.36
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date1789
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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Charles Willson Peale, Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy, ca. 1780, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.6
Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy
Artist
Dateca. 1780
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Unidentified (British), Sir Guy Carelton, ca. 1770, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore, 1950.4.20
Sir Guy Carelton
Artist
Unidentified (British)
Dateca. 1770
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Unidentified (French), Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1775, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1954.6.5
Portrait of a Lady
Artist
Unidentified (French)
Dateca. 1775
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Unidentified (British), James Cunningham, Last Earl of Glencairn, ca. 1790, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William Mouat Hannay, 1951.3.8
James Cunningham, Last Earl of Glencairn
Artist
Unidentified (British)
Dateca. 1790
watercolor on ivory
Not on view