This is part of a collection of miniature portraits. For the Home page and links to other miniatures, please click on the links which appear when the page is fully loaded. Hancock, Nathaniel - portrait of a man. This miniature portrait is unsigned, but has been attributed to Nathaniel Hancock who was active 1792-1809 in Salem, Ma. , Portsmouth NH and Boston, Ma. Unknown - portrait of Mrs Letitia Austin Amory.

This Gallery contains American miniatures. To go to the Home page or to see other miniatures, please use the links that appear when the page is fully loaded. Jarvis, John Wesley - portrait of a lady. Jarvis was born in England and came to the United States at the age of five. He trained as an engraver with Edward Savage and this profile portrait has some of the characteristics of engraved portraits of around 1800, such as those made by St Memin.

This is part of the Artists and Ancestors collection of miniature portraits. This Gallery holds American miniatures from 18C to 20C acquired for the collection from January 2008. Peale, Charles Willson - portrait of Colonel Charles Pope. That is perhaps the downside of sharing research! But as additions to the collection are now less frequent and for unsual items, that competition is happily accepted as the sign of a maturing interest in the subject.

This site shows part of a collection of miniature portraits. For the Home page and links to American, European, and other British miniature portraits in the collection, please click on the links which appear when the page is fully loaded. Smart, John portrait of General Thomas Bruce. The miniature was one of 30 miniatures offered at an a.

This is part of a collection of miniature portraits. For the Home page and to view American, European, and other British miniatures, please click on the links that appear when the page is fully loaded. Stothard, Alfred Joseph - wax miniature of a man. Unknown - portrait of William Pitt the Elder, First Earl of Chatham.

This is part of a collection of miniature portraits. For the Home page and links to American, British, and other European miniatures, please click on the links which appear when the page is fully loaded. Beyer, Johann Daniel - portrait of Louis Dietz. Schidlof comments of Beyer;. This miniature cost GBP 80, but later works by him have sold for higher prices. In 2008, Bonhams sold a miniature of a young lady named Anna Geither and dated 1839, for GBP 720.

This is part of the Artists and Ancestors collection of miniature portraits. For the Home page and links to American, British, and other European miniatures, please click on the links that appear when the page is fully open. Fischer, Josef - portrait of Prince Paul Anton III Esterhazy.

This Guest Gallery displays portrait miniatures owned by visitors to the Artists and Ancestors Collection of miniature portraits. John Henry Brown - portrait of Jacob Westhaeffer. John Henry Brown - portrait of Anna Maria Coleman. As soon as my eye lit on .

This is part of the Artists and Ancestors collection of miniature portraits. For the start page click on Home. Copy, Fake, and Decorative Miniatures. Original miniatures, where someone sat for the portrait and both the sitter and the artist are known, are preferred for this collection. They probably represent only one or two in every hundred miniatures offered for sale in marketplaces such as on-line auctions. In the experience of thi.

This is part of the Artists and Ancestors miniature portrait collection. Click on Home to return to the start page. Click on my photo for my email link. The 2008 year was another interesting one for miniature portrait collectors. The 2008 acquisitions to this collection should appear here as a slide-show, if I have got the linkage to work! Origin .