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Samuel Dodge, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson (interior B), ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm); case (open): 3 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 16.8 x 0.6 cm); case (closed): 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 in. (9.5 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.456
Samuel Dodge, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson (interior), ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm); case (open): 3 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 16.8 x 0.6 cm); case (closed): 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 in. (9.5 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.456
Case recto, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson, ca. 1845
Case verso, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson, ca. 1845
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Edward Samuel Dodge, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson, ca. 1845

Artist Edward Samuel Dodge (American, 1816–1857)
Title Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson
Object Date ca. 1845
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Quarter-plate daguerreotype case with a brass mat inside of a leather-covered case with a pink silk liner
Dimensions Plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 16.8 x 0.6 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 in. (9.5 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.456

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.3204

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2024.

 

Samuel Dodge, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson (interior B), ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm); case (open): 3 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 16.8 x 0.6 cm); case (closed): 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 in. (9.5 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.456
Samuel Dodge, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson (interior), ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm); case (open): 3 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 16.8 x 0.6 cm); case (closed): 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 in. (9.5 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.456
Case recto, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson, ca. 1845
Case verso, Portrait of Janet Mitchel Wilson, ca. 1845
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