Thomas Lee Shippen

James Peale, Thomas Lee Shippen, 1795, watercolor on ivory, sight 1 ³⁄₄ x 1 ³⁄₈ in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.4

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Artwork Details

Title: Thomas Lee Shippen
Artist: James Peale
Date: 1795
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 1 ³⁄₄ x 1 ³⁄₈ in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm) oval
Credit Line: Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Shippen, Thomas Lee — bust
Figure male — child — bust
Object Number: 1999.87.4
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.87.4

Artwork Description

Thomas Shippen (1793-1810) was two or three years old when James Peale painted this miniature. Thomas and his brother, William---whose miniature by James Peale is also in this collection [see 1999.87.5]---were the sons of Thomas Lee Shippen (1765-1798) and Elizabeth Carter Farley (1774-1826). Farley’s miniature, painted by Hugh Bridport, is also in this collection [see 1999.87.2].