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James Munroe

This miniature is a section of a steel engraving. The subject is James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States. The steel engraving is after a portrait in oils by Gilbert Stuart (ca. 1820-22) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The back of the miniature is elaborately decorated with a shell shaped panel surrounded by garlands tied with a bow and two colors of enamel.

American

Creation Date: 19th century
Creation Place: United States
Types: Painting
portraits
Medium: ink on paper, enamel

Object #: 38.605
Credit Line: Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963

Partner URL: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/8306
Linked Data URI: wam:object/8306
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