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Accessibility:
Call No:
  • 1968.6.6
Title:
  • Joseph Sweet
Author/Creator:
Place of Production/Origin:
Description:
  • Miniature of Joseph Sweet wearing a black coat and white stock secured by star pin. He is facing slightly right and has brown hair and sideburns. In oval brass frame with lock of hair in back.
Date(s):
  • 1805;
Collection Type:
Object Type:
Material(s):
  • watercolor
  • ivory
Medium(s):
  • Painting
Research Notes:
  • Joseph Sweet (Dec. 5, 1782 - Jan 8, 1878). Married Abigail Bishop March 17, 1805, who died 1812. Married Julia Lippitt, daughter of Charles and Penelope Lippitt Sept. 1814. Was dry goods merchant, business address given in 1824 Providence CD as 25 Westmin
Provenance:
Bibliographic References:
  • Goodyear Jr., Frank H. American Paintings in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Providence, RI: the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1974. Image 31, page 30.
Image ID Numbers:
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX171774aw.jpg
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX171774bw.jpg
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