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John Jauncey Ketchum
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About this work
John Jauncey Ketchum (1770-1841) was born on Bermuda, the sixth generation of his family to inhabit that island. In 1795 he married a distant relative, Susannah Jauncey (1772-1861), in New York, which may have been the occasion for which this miniature was painted. The back of this locket is adorned with the initials “JK” in gold filigree, and interwoven locks of hair, possibly those of the newlyweds. The couple returned to Bermuda, raising eight children, and after Ketchum’s death Susannah returned to New York.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineJohn Jauncey Ketchum. ca. 1795. Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert A. Best, Edison, N.J.. CC0.
