Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.
ca. 1822
Eliab Metcalf
American, 1785-1834
American Art
- Maker/Artist
- Metcalf, Eliab
- Classification
- Portrait, Miniatures
- Formatted Medium
- Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens
- Dimensions
- Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) Backing Card: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm) Liner & lens: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
- Inscribed
- Artist's business card, used for backing the portrait: image of putto holding a banner on which is printed "E. METCALF, PORTRAIT & MINIATURE PAINTER." and written in script "Broadway, / No. 152."
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 20.962
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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