American Artist: James Peale

Thomas Harris (1741-1815)
of Charles County, Maryland

American
by James Peale (1749-1831)
(signed obverse, lower right, "IP" and dated 1802)

2 1/8 x 2 9/16 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a pendant-style gilt metal case
with cobalt blue glass, hairwork and a monogram with the initials "T. H." to the reverse