Portrait of William Dandridge Peck (1763-1822)

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Portrait of William Dandridge Peck (1763-1822)

c. 1785

Joseph Dunkerley (American (active Boston), active 1784–1788)

Joseph Dunkerley came to America as a British soldier, but in 1778 he resigned from the army and rented a house in Boston from Paul Revere, the renowned silversmith. Revere made cases with scalloped edges, like this one, for many of Dunkerley's miniatures. William Dandridge Peck became the first professor of Natural History at Harvard University in 1805.

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Object Details

Title:

Portrait of William Dandridge Peck (1763-1822)

Date:

c. 1785

Artist:

Joseph Dunkerley (American (active Boston), active 1784–1788)

Medium:

Watercolor on ivory in a 14-carat gold mandola-shaped case with scalloped edges and central rosette on the reverse

Dimensions:

1 3/8 x 7/8 inches (3.5 x 2.2 cm)

Classification:

Miniatures

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shanis and Mr. and Mrs. Harris Stern in memory of Jeannette Stern Whitebook Lasker, 2000

Accession Number:

2000-137-9

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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