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Thomas Lee Shippen

James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831

Thomas Shippen (1793-1810) was two or three years old when James Peale painted this miniature. Thomas and his brother, William---whose miniature by James Peale is also in this collection <b>[see 1999.87.5]</b>---were the sons of Thomas Lee Shippen (1765-1798) and Elizabeth Carter Farley (1774-1826). Farley’s miniature, painted by Hugh Bridport, is also in this collection <b>[see 1999.87.2]</b>.

Date

1795

Type

Painting-Miniature

Medium

watercolor on ivory

Department

SAAM

Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Object number

saam_1999.87.4

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen