Miniatures and Silhouettes from the collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Celia Ray Greene painted by unknown artist in 1785, paint in ivory
Sarah Harris Hopkins, drawn by unknown artist between 1785-1790, graphite on paper
John Wood and Rebeca Wickham Crooke Wedding Locket painted by Joseph Dunkerly ca. 1790, paint on ivory
Unidentified Child, ca. 1790
Captain David Hicks, 1790-1800
Joseph Rogers, 1790-1800
Judge Robert Hellen, 1792
Colonel Edward Dexter, 1795-1800
John C. King, 1795
Mourning Miniature, 1795
James Burrill, Jr., 1795
John Francis, 1795
Sarah Brown Herreshoff, 1795
Bernon Dunn, ca. 1800
Mary Brown Stelle painted by Abby Brown Mason ca. 1800, paint in ivory
Charles Williams, ca. 1800
George Washington, ca. 1800
John Holden Ormsbee, ca. 1800
Samuel Ward Greene, ca. 1800
Martha Rogers painted by unknown artist ca. 1800, paint on ivory
Carl F. Herreshoff, 1800-1801
Hannah Weaver Peckham painted by Lewis Peckham before 1812, paint on ivory
Thomas Peckham, 1800-1805
Unidentified Man and Woman, 1800-1810
Unidentified Man, 1800-1820
Desire Burrows Aborn Crapo painted by Thomas Young ca. 1801, paint on ivory
Philip Crapo, ca. 1801
Joseph Sweet, 1805
John Gladding, 1809-1810
Phoebe Smith Rhodes painted by T. Nixon in 1809, watercolor on paper
Elizabeth Allen Rhodes painted by T. Nixon in 1809, watercolor on paper
Christopher Smith Rhodes, 1809
Gabriel Allen, ca. 1810
Nancy Allen, ca.1810
Nancy West Allen, ca. 1810
Albert Collins Greene, ca. 1810
Josiah Whitaker, ca. 1810
Catherine or Harriet DeWolf painted by unknown artist ca. 1810, paint on ivory
Catherine or Harriet DeWolf painted by unknown artist ca. 1810, paint on ivory
Elizabeth Angel painted by unknown artist between 1810-1815, paint on ivory
Captain John Gladding, 1810-1820
Osmond Warren, 1810-1830
Benjamin R. Howland, 1815-1820
Abby Brown Mason self portrait in 1820, paint on ivory
Warren Obadiah Child, 1820-1830
Patience Arnold Wheeler painted by unknown artist ca. 1820, paint on ivory
Unidentified Woman, ca. 1820
Rosa Anne Mason painted by Abby Brown Mason in 1820, paint on ivory
Unidentified Man, 1820-1825
Hiram Scott, 1820-1840
Sallie Crowell Bliss, 1820-1840
Selinda Scott, 1820-1830
Benjamin G. Pabodie, 1820-1840
Unidentified Man, 1820
Unidentified Woman painted by William Lewis in 1821, paint on paper
Unidentified Woman painted by William Lewis in 1821, paint on paper
Unidentified Woman painted by William Lewis in 1821, paint on paper
Alice Brown Mason painted by Abby Brown Mason in 1821, paint on ivory
Charles Frederick Herreshoff, 1821
Catherine Louise Kilton painted by Williams in 1824, paint on ivory
William Carter, ca. 1824
Stephen Gano, ca. 1824
Milton Barrows, 1825-1830
James DeWolf, 1825-1830
Nancy Anne Bradford DeWolf painted by unknown artist between 1825-1830, paint on ivory
Unidentified Woman painted by unknown artist between 1825-1830, paint on ivory
Clarissa Barrows Guild, 1825-1830
Ann Elizabeth Maxon, 1827
Phoebe Maxon Rider, 1827
Mrs. William J. Pabodie, ca. 1830
Landscape, 1830-1840
Unidentified Man, 1830-1840
Unidentified Woman, 1830-1840
Martha Rogers painted by unknown artist between 1830-1840, paint on ivory
William J. Pabodie, 1833
Timothy Ruggles Green’s Eye, 1834
Timothy Ruggles Green, 1835
Mrs. James Smith, ca. 1835
James Smith, ca. 1835
Cordelia James painted by unknown artist ca. 1835, paint on ivory
Mr. Sears, ca. 1840
Thomas Fosdick Smith, ca. 1840
Emma Smith Jackson Dunn painted by unknown artist ca. 1840, paint on ivory
Daniel M. Bogman, ca. 1840
[Mrs. Sears] painted by Moses B. Russell ca. 1840, paint on ivory
Thomas A. Doyle, 1855-1860
James N. Granger, 1860-1880
Eliza Taylor Fiske Paine painted by unknown artist in 1867, paint on ivory
Allston E. Thrope, ca. 1895
Allston E. Thorpe, 1930
George Wilhelm, 1912
Effingham Lawrence Capron, 19th Century
Samuel or John Leonard, 19th Century
Unidentified Man, 19th Century
Captain John Gladding, 19th Century
General Christopher Rhodes, 19th Century
James Harvey Armington, 19th Century
Asa Watson Armington, 19th Century
John and Abigail Capron, 19th Century
Phoebe Congdon, 19th Century
Truman Beckwith, 19th Century
Abigail Aldrich Scott, 19th Century
Abigail Aldrich Scott, 19th Century
Unidentified Man, possibly 19th Century
William Hanson, possibly 19th Century
William Ray Greene, 19th Century
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