Augustus Fricke

Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, Augustus Fricke, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 ³⁄₄ x 3 in. (7.0 x 7.5 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1950.7.10

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Artwork Details

Title: Augustus Fricke
Artist: Jean Pierre Henri Elouis
Date: ca. 1795
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 2 ³⁄₄ x 3 in. (7.0 x 7.5 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 — Fricke, Augustus — bust
Object Number: 1950.7.10
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.7.10

Artwork Description

Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1763, Augustus Fricke (or Fritsche) lived much of his adult life in Philadelphia. He was a cloth merchant, specializing in imported lace, and served in the Second City Troop in 1808. He applied for a passport in 1810, and lived in Havana until his death the following year from yellow fever.