Portrait of Sandford Peacocke
1801
William Wood
William Wood (British, c. 1768–1809)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Sandford Peacocke, 1801. William Wood (British, c. 1768–1809). Watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed reverse; framed: 8.6 x 7.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.); sight: 8 x 6.7 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1942.1159 Sandford Peacocke was married in 1801 and by 1802 was serving in the British military in Jamaica. It may have been for these occasions that the miniature was painted.
- Maker/Artist
- William Wood
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed reverse
- Dimensions
- Framed: 8.6 x 7.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Sight: 8 x 6.7 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed on back: By Will. Wood of Cork Strt. / Lond. / Wood
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.1159
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Main European Rotation (Gallery 202)</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 30, 2012 - July 23, 2012). [Verso on display]
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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