American Portrait Miniatures: Twentieth Century

Listed in chronological order by the date of each painting
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Early Twentieth Century American Lady
Wearing a Black Dress with a White
Lace Camisole, and Fine Pearls

American
circa 1910
by James Dunbar Houghton (1853-1936)
(signed obverse, right edge, "J. D. Houghton")

2 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a
gilt metal case with a cast foliate border

William Simpson Carroll (1838-1911),
American Attorney and Diplomat

American
dated 1911
by Sara Norwood Bartle (1859-1931)
(signed obverse, right edge, "Sara N. Bartle / 1911")

2 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal case,
engraved to the reverse, "William S. Carroll / 1838-1911"

Early Twentieth Century American Gentleman
Depicted in Profile View

American
circa 1915
Artist unknown

2 x 4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a brass frame with beveled glass

World War I Era American Lady,
Depicted in Profile View with a Sky Background

by Gertrude Laura Pew (1876-1949)
(signed obverse, right edge, 'Gertrude L. Pew')
circa 1915

3 x 4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilded brass case with a cast foliate border and bail

World War I Era American Lady,
Dressed in Pink and Seated on a Settee

by Elizabeth ("Bessie") Bangs Currie Paterson (1883-1973)
(signed obverse, lower right edge, 'Bessie Currie Paterson 1917')
dated 1917

3 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilded brass case with a cast foliate border and bail

World War I Era American Lady
Depicted in a Coy Pose

American
dated 1918
by Claude E. Quivey
(Signed lower right edge, 'Quivey 1918')

3 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal pendant frame

Mrs. Candice Jennie Withers Gray (1854-1923; Wife of
North Carolina Textile Magnate George Alexander Gray),
Depicted in a Wooded Landscape

by P. Phillips
circa 1915

3 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal case with foliate edging

Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939),
Early Twentieth Century Steel Magnate

American
circa 1918
by Maurice B. Rosenbaum (1868-1942)
(signed obverse, left edge "M. B. Rosenbaum")

3 1/8 x 4 1/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt brass case

Early Twentieth Century Glendale, California Resident
Identified as Mrs. Thomas of Campbell Street

American
circa 1920
by Viola G. Sayre

2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal pendant frame

Wealthy American Lady of the Early Twentieth Century

Anglo-American
circa 1920
by Harry Valentine Shellard (1877-1958)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal pendant frame

Early Twentieth Century American Lady
with Strawberry Blonde Hair

American
circa 1920
by Claude E. Quivey
(Signed 'Quivey', bottom left edge)

3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal pendant frame

Elizabeth "Bess" Efferson Carpenter (1890-1973)

of New York, Depicted with a Sky Background

American
circa 1925
by P. Phillips
(signed obverse, lower right edge, 'P. Phillips')

3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal case with foliate edging

Early Twentieth Century American Girl,
Wearing a Sun Dress

American
circa 1925
by Mary Ellen ("Marie") Cheville (1880-1970)
(signed obverse, lower right edge, 'Marie Cheville')

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal pendant frame

Early Twentieth Century Boy
Wearing a Sailor Suit

American
circa 1930
by Irving Isaac Resnikoff (1896-1988),
under the pseudonym Charles J. Fox
(signed obverse, lower left edge, "C. J. Fox")

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt brass case

American Lady of the 1930s
with Red Hair and Green Eyes

by Florence Sims (later Reid; 1891-1973)
(signed obverse, lower left, 'Florence Sims 1930')
dated 1930

2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in an ebonized wood frame with gilt edging

American Lady of the 1930s, Wearing a Mink Stole
and Depicted in an Outdoor Landscape

American
circa 1930-35
by Marion Caroline Hoffman Hartman (1892-1971)
(signed obverse, lower right, "M. Hartman")

2 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal case with foliate edging

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