John Jauncey Ketchum

Walter Robertson, John Jauncey Ketchum, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert A. Best, Edison, N.J., 1986.64.1
Walter Robertson, John Jauncey Ketchum, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, 3 3⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (8.6 x 6.0 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert A. Best, Edison, N.J., 1986.64.1
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Artwork Details

Title
John Jauncey Ketchum
Artist
Date
ca. 1795
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3 3⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (8.6 x 6.0 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of Albert A. Best, Edison, N.J.
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Ketchum, John Jauncey
Object Number
1986.64.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.64.1

Artwork Description

John Jauncey Ketchum (1770-1841) was born on Bermuda, the sixth generation of his family to inhabit that island. In 1795 he married a distant relative, Susannah Jauncey (1772-1861), in New York, which may have been the occasion for which this miniature was painted. The back of this locket is adorned with the initials “JK” in gold filigree, and interwoven locks of hair, possibly those of the newlyweds. The couple returned to Bermuda, raising eight children, and after Ketchum’s death Susannah returned to New York.

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Walter Robertson, Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock Hartigan, 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1956.1.4
Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock Hartigan
Artist
Date1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Gilbert Stuart, Walter Robertson, Lawrence Reid Yates, ca. 1794, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1956.1.3
Lawrence Reid Yates
Artist
Dateca. 1794
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Walter Robertson, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1796, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1936.6.1
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Dateca. 1796
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Walter Robertson, John Jauncey Ketchum, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert A. Best, Edison, N.J., 1986.64.1
John Jauncey Ketchum
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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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
Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, Augustus Fricke, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1950.7.10
Augustus Fricke
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Unidentified, Mourning Locket for A. R., ca. 1780, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Edmund Bury, 1938.7.1
Mourning Locket for A. R.
Artist
Unidentified
Dateca. 1780
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Unidentified, Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials H. D. C., ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Muller, 1980.95.1
Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials H. D. C.
Artist
Unidentified
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view