James Barnett Dodson
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1982.98.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
bust
About this artwork
James Barnett Dodson was born in Virginia, and married Henrietta Waugh four years after this miniature was painted. On the original backing paper for his miniature, the artist made a test drawing of Dodson, probably before committing his pencil to the more unforgiving ivory surface.
About the Artist
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze · 1816–1868
American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.