Professor J.B. Whittaker

Alexandrina Robertson Harris, Professor J.B. Whittaker, ca. 1920, watercolor on ivory, sight 4 ¹⁄₂ x 3 ³⁄₈ in. (11.4 x 8.6 cm) rectangle, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters, 1965.30.3

Artwork Details

Title: Professor J.B. Whittaker
Artist: Alexandrina Robertson Harris
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 4 ¹⁄₂ x 3 ³⁄₈ in. (11.4 x 8.6 cm) rectangle
Credit Line: Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Whittaker, J. B. — bust
Figure male — elderly
Occupation — education — teacher
Object Number: 1965.30.3
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.30.3

Artwork Description

J. B. Whittaker (sometimes spelled Whitaker) was one of Alexandrina Robertson Harris’s professors at Adelphi College, now Adelphi University, in New York. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.