Howes Goldsborough

James Peale, Howes Goldsborough, 1799, 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, 1948.5.1

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Artwork Details

Title: Howes Goldsborough
Artist: James Peale
Date: 1799
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 — Goldsborough, Howes — bust
Object Number: 1948.5.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1948.5.1

Artwork Description

Howes Goldsborough (1775-1841) was twenty-four years old when he sat for this miniature. He married Mary Rodgers, daughter of Commodore Rodgers of Sion Hall, Harford County, Maryland, in 1812. Mary Rodgers was George Washington Rodgers’ sister, and his miniature, painted by an unidentified artist, is in this collection [see 1950.4.32].