Mrs. John Jordan, Jr.

John Henry Brown, Mrs. John Jordan, Jr., 1848, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1952.5.3
Copied John Henry Brown, Mrs. John Jordan, Jr., 1848, watercolor on ivory, image: sight 3 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.6 x 6.1 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1952.5.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Mrs. John Jordan, Jr.
Artist
Date
1848
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: sight 3 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.6 x 6.1 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Jordan Jr., John, Mrs. — bust
Object Number
1952.5.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1952.5.3

Artwork Description

We know nothing about this woman, who appears here in a simple dress of sheer fabric, with a small locket at her throat. The locket may contain a miniature, as artists during the nineteenth century often showed their sitters wearing a token similar to the one being painted.