id:			121281
accession number:	1942.1151
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1151
updated:		2024-05-30 11:01:45.102000

Portrait of Susan Coren Towers, 1796. James Peale (American, 1749–1831). Watercolor on ivory; framed: 8 x 6.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.); unframed: 7.1 x 5.6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1942.1151

title:				Portrait of Susan Coren Towers
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creation date:			1796
creation date earliest:		1796
creation date latest:		1796
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	America, late 18th Century
technique:	watercolor on ivory
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* James Peale (American, 1749–1831)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 8 x 6.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.); Unframed: 7.1 x 5.6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower left:  I P / 1796
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
	opening date:   1993-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Alexander Britton, Washington.  (Copley Gallery, Boston, 1929).  Edward B. Greene.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; <em>The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> 1951.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 38, cat. 89, p. 18; Reproduced: plate XLIII
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures

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