James Barnett Dodson

Media - 1982.98.2 - SAAM-1982.98.2_1 - 6955
Copied Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, James Barnett Dodson, 1837, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 1⁄8 x 2 5⁄8 in. (7.9 x 6.7 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1982.98.2
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Artwork Details

Title
James Barnett Dodson
Artist
Date
1837
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 1⁄8 x 2 5⁄8 in. (7.9 x 6.7 cm) oval
Markings
backing center in pen and ink: (illegible)/E G Leutze/February 1837.
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait
  • Portrait male — Dodson, James Barnett — bust
Object Number
1982.98.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1982.98.2

Artwork Description

James Barnett Dodson was born in Virginia, and married Henrietta Waugh four years after this miniature was painted. On the original backing paper for his miniature, the artist made a test drawing of Dodson, probably before committing his pencil to the more unforgiving ivory surface.