Thomas Lee Shippen
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- 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 [see 1999.87.5]---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 [see 1999.87.2].
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1795
- Object number
- 1999.87.4
- Artist
- James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831
- Sitter
- Thomas Lee Shippen
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions
- sight 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm) oval
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Topic
- Figure male\child\bust
- Portrait male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1999.87.4
