Peter Van Dyke

Margaret Maclay Bogardus, Peter Van Dyke, ca. 1835, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 ⁷⁄₈ x 2 ¹⁄₄ in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1953.7.1

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Artwork Details

Title: Peter Van Dyke
Artist: Margaret Maclay Bogardus
Date: ca. 1835
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 2 ⁷⁄₈ x 2 ¹⁄₄ in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Van Dyke, Peter — bust
Object Number: 1953.7.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1953.7.1

Artwork Description

These portraits were painted while Margaret Maclay Bogardus was in New York. We do not know much about Peter Van Dyke and his wife, previously known as Susan Ann (Hickson) Lansing, but his name suggests he was a descendant of the earliest Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, now New York.