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Thomas Lee Shippen
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About this work
Thomas Shippen (1793-1810) was two or three years old when James Peale painted this miniature. Thomas and his brother, William---whose miniature by James Peale is also in this collection <b>[see 1999.87.5]</b>---were the sons of Thomas Lee Shippen (1765-1798) and Elizabeth Carter Farley (1774-1826). Farley’s miniature, painted by Hugh Bridport, is also in this collection <b>[see 1999.87.2]</b>.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThomas Lee Shippen. 1795. James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen. CC0.
