George Fisher

Raphaelle Peale, George Fisher, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 ¹⁄₂ x 2 ¹⁄₄ in. (6.2 x 5.7 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore, 1950.4.24

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Artwork Details

Title: George Fisher
Artist: Raphaelle Peale
Date: ca. 1795
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 2 ¹⁄₂ x 2 ¹⁄₄ in. (6.2 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Fisher, George — miniature
Portrait male — Fisher, George — bust
Portrait male — Fisher, George
Occupation — art — sculptor
Occupation — art — painter
Object Number: 1950.4.24
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.4.24

Artwork Description

George Fisher’s father was a Quaker who founded the borough of Middletown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1755. Located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, the settlement lay nine miles below Harrisburg. Fisher passed the bar in 1787 and practiced law there until he retired to Pineford Farm, in Middletown. He died at the age of eighty-seven, and is buried in Harrisburg.