Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort of New York

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

Artist
Ezra Ames, born Framingham, MA 1768-died Albany, NY 1836
Sitter
Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort
Luce Center Label
The Van Santvoort family of Albany, New York, founded the Hudson River Day Line in 1828, a steamship company that provided transportation along the Hudson River between New York City and upstate New York. The steamboat Robert Fulton made its last run on this line in 1948. We do not yet know anything about the young Mrs. Abraham van Santvoort shown in this miniature.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
ca. 1805
Object number
1950.4.18
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting-Miniature
Medium
watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
image: sight 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8.0 x 6.4 cm) oval
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Portrait female
History\United States\New York
Record ID
saam_1950.4.18
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78479c0d2-7871-49a6-97fe-31619b5f42d2
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