Belinda Webster Beers, Anson Dickinson, 1835 or 1837

Object name portrait miniature - belinda webster beers (1787-1868) object number 1975-04-3 description rectangular watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of belinda webster beers. She is facing front but body is slightly turned to the right. She has brown hair and blue yes. She is wearing a black dress with large puff sleeves, tucked bodice and white net collar over her neck and shoulders. She has a white lace veil in her hair. Wooden frame with gilt paint and beaded inside edge. Grey mat board. Provenance see 1975-04-4 for companion miniature of seth preston beers. Comment born in milton, a village in the town of litchfield, anson dickinson began advertising himself as a miniature painter in 1802. He traveled to new york in 1804, where he was painted by edward greene malbone, the leading american miniaturist of his day. Dickinson painted over 1,500 miniatures over the course of fifty years, traveling as far as canada and south carolina to paint. He kept a studio in new york for a period, and returned frequently to litchfield where he painted prominent residents and students of the female academy and law school. Category communication artifacts maker dickinson, anson, 1779-1852 date made 1835 or 1837 dimensions 3" x 2 1/2" materials watercolor glass ivory. Date: 1835 or 1837.