Mr. Rutherford

Henry Inman, Mr. Rutherford, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.21
Henry Inman, Mr. Rutherford, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.6 x 6.3 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.21
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Artwork Details

Title
Mr. Rutherford
Artist
Attributed to Henry Inman
Date
ca. 1820
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.6 x 6.3 cm) oval
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Rutherford, Mr. — bust
Object Number
1999.27.21
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.27.21

Artwork Description

This miniature is attributed to Henry Inman, but we do not know anything about the sitter, Mr. Rutherford. His gathered sleeves may have been padded to add extra volume, as was the fashion during the 1820s. In Henry Luttrell’s poem Advice to Julia, these “buckram-wadded shoulders” astonished “all beholders.”

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