Portrait of a Gentleman
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Gentleman

Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853 · 1821

watercolor on ivory
Smithsonian American Art Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

The inscription on this miniature states it was made November 20, 1821, and was in the “Collection of Edward A. Brown, Reading, Mass., descendant of the artist.” It is probably a portrait of a member of the Appleton-Brown family, to whom Sarah Goodridge was related by marriage.

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