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James Suydam

John Carlin, born Philadelphia, PA 1813-died New York City 1891

James Augustus Suydam (1819-1865) was an artist and collector associated with the Hudson River school of landscape painting, and part of the sociable group of artists and patrons who spent the summer months in New Hampshire. His sudden death at the age of forty-six caught the art world by surprise.

Date

1859

Type

Painting-Miniature

Medium

watercolor on ivory

Department

SAAM

Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Object number

saam_1974.13.1

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase