Artwork Details
- Title
- Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials J. B.
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1795
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sight 2 1⁄2 x 2 in. (6.5 x 5.0 cm) oval
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Subjects
- Portrait male — unidentified — bust
- Object Number
- 1954.6.4
Artwork Description
On the back of this miniature the initials “JB” are monogrammed in gold over hairwork, offering the only clue we have to the identity of the sitter. This piece was originally attributed to Raphaelle Peale, of the Philadelphia family of painters, but was later determined to have been the work of Benjamin Trott.