Lieutenant Gibbs, by Anson Dickinson,
with trade card for 1814-1815.

Though Dickinson painted many officers of the War of 1812 during the years 1814 and 1815, there is only one lieutenant in his account book, that of a Lt. Gibbs.

Set in the original ‘rolled gold’ locket frame with three colors of hair in the aperture on the reverse. Within the case is Dickinson’s trade card bearing the address of 290 Broadway, the address of his studio for the years 1814 and 1815.

2 7/8 inches high.

During the first half of the 19th century, Anson Dickinson (1779-1852) was one of the most important miniaturists in America . A native of Litchfield, Connecticut, Dickinson was established as a miniaturist in Hartford by 1802 and in New York City by 1804. Itinerant by choice, between 1810 and 1846, Dickinson worked in New York, Albany, Charleston, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, New Haven, Litchfield, Buffalo and Montreal. His account book covers 48 years, documenting over 1500 miniatures. Dickinson’s distinguished clientele included Edward Livingston (Metropolitan Museum of Art), General Jacob Brown, Washington Irving, General P. B. Porter, Sam Houston and Gilbert Stuart (New York Historical Society).