Mrs. Jonathan Pinkney, Jr. (Elizabeth Munroe)
James Peale
1798
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Sight: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7 x 5.7 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.117.2
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
James Peale
James Peale was an American painter born in 1749, the younger brother of the more famous Charles Willson Peale, and a member of one of the most remarkable artistic families in the history of American art. Trained largely by his brother, James worked for many years in Charles Willson's shadow, assisting with portraits and miniatures in the Philadelphia studio before developing his own independent p...