Isaac F. Tyson

John Wood Dodge, Isaac F. Tyson, 1835, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.72
John Wood Dodge, Isaac F. Tyson, 1835, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 1⁄2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm) rectangle, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.72
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Artwork Details

Title
Isaac F. Tyson
Artist
Date
1835
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 1⁄2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm) rectangle
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Tysen, Isaac F. — bust
Object Number
1976.72
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1976.72

Artwork Description

According to an inscription on the original mount, this miniature was painted while John Wood Dodge was in New York. Little is known about Isaac F. Tysen, except that in 1880 he was a resident of Staten Island, New York.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Untitled (Study of a Standing Monk)
Artist
Date1886
pen and ink on paper
Not on view
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Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)
Artist
Date1885
pen and ink on paper
Not on view
Image Not Available
Untitled (Seaside Town)
Artist
Datenot dated
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Ida Josephine Burgess, Untitled (Summer Landscape), not dated, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael J. Ettner, 2021.88.28
Untitled (Summer Landscape)
Artist
Datenot dated
watercolor on paper
Not on view

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