Artwork Details
- Title
- John Beale Bordley
- Artist
- Date
- 1821
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image (oval): 2 7⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Keywords
- Portrait male — Bordley, John Beale — bust
- Portrait male — Bordley, John Beale — profile
- Object Number
- 1999.27.42
Artwork Description
This is thought to be a miniature of one of Charles Willson Peale’s earliest and most loyal patrons, the Maryland agriculturist John Beale Bordley (1727-1804). The date of the miniature, however, seventeen years after Bordley’s death, makes the identification unlikely. Although the man’s features bear a passing resemblance to Bordley, further research needs to be done.