Kate Roselie Dodge
1854
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Sight: 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1988
Accession Number
1988.280
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of 19th-century American portraiture with *Kate Roselie Dodge*, a watercolor on ivory miniature painted by John Wood Dodge in1854. Measuring just 3 x 2½ inches, this gem captures the likeness of a young girl, likely Dodge's relative, posed thoughtfully with books—symbols of emerging education and refinement for American girls of the era. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, it reflects the Morris K. Jesup Fund's commitment to preserving such treasures. John Wood Dodge was a master of the miniature tradition, a revered format in antebellum Amer...
About the Artist
John Wood Dodge · 1807–1893
1807–1893