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Portrait of a Gentleman
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Portrait of a Gentleman

Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853 · 1821 · watercolor on ivory

From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The inscription on this miniature states it was made November 20, 1821, and was in the “Collection of Edward A. Brown, Reading, Mass., descendant of the artist.” It is probably a portrait of a member of the Appleton-Brown family, to whom Sarah Goodridge was related by marriage.

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Credit linePortrait of a Gentleman. 1821. Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund. CC0.

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