Anna C. Peale
Samuel Owings Hoffman (Portrait Miniature)
1825
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Anna C. Peale
Samuel Owings Hoffman (Portrait Miniature)
1825
Physical Qualities
Watercolor on ivory; pith paper, gold, paint, 3 × 2 1/16 in. (7.6 × 5.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John Douglass Wade
Object Number
1957.40.2
Framed portrait miniature of Samuel Owings Hoffman by Anna C. Peale, 1826. Watercolor on ivory; gold. Miniature portrait of Samuel Owings Hoffman (1801-1860). On the reverse is an image of an angel with wings painted on pith paper in a circular serrated medallion. Framed in a gold metal case.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1942; Louisa Gilmor Riach Wade (Mrs. John Douglass Wade)(1870-1962), Baltimore, MD by descent, 1896; Alexander Fridge (1825-1896) and Louisa Gilmore Hoffman Riach (1831-1884), Baltimore, MD by descent, 1879; Samuel Owings (1801-1860) and Louisa Airey Gilmor Hoffman (1804-1879)
Mayer, Brantz. and Richardson & Bennett. "Baltimore: Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men," Publisher: Richardson & Bennett, Baltimore, 1871; John W. Woods, Printer. pp. 295-298.
