Dr. Cook
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Accession Number
1953.7.3
Tags
doctorbust
About this artwork
Little is known about the gentleman shown in this miniature. We do know that the artist was in Philadelphia in 1841, and in Charleston in 1844, so the portrait was likely painted in one of these two places.