Artist Newbold Hough Trotter,
by William Foster Jones, signed & dated 1853.
Newbold Hough Trotter (1827-1898) was one of Philadelphia's most important 19th century artists. Trotter, the son of Joseph Trotter and Ann Hough, was a scion of three old Philadelphia families, the Newbolds, the Houghs and the Trotters. A life-long resident of the city, he attended Haverford College and served in the Germantown Guard during the Civil War. Trotter first exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1858; additionally exhibiting at the National Academy of Design and the Boston Athenaeum. He was also invited to exhibit in the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. General William T. Sherman was a patron, commissioning paintings from Trotter for the War Department. Trotter and wife Annie Dawson had one son, Spencer Trotter, a doctor at Pennsylvania Hospital before becoming dean of Swathmore College. Newbold Trotter's works are in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy, the Smithsonian National Art Museum for American History, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Set in a giltwood frame with original brass mat. The miniature is signed and dated on the reverse.
3 3/4 inches high.
In addition to miniatures, William Foster Jones (1817-1873) was a landscape, history, genre, and portrait artist. A native of Philadelphia, Jones exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy from 1836-1869.
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