Mr. John McKim, Jr. (1766-1842)

1831

Anna Claypoole Peale American, 1791-1878

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Generally painted in watercolor on ivory, portrait miniatures like this one were intimate keepsakes, often commissioned when a couple got engaged or married, or when someone was preparing to depart on a long trip. The ring on the top of the locket holding this one suggests that it was sometimes worn as jewelry, hung from a chain or pinned to a blouse or jacket.

An accomplished professional painter of miniatures, Anna Claypoole Peale was one of the first two women to become a full member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest and most prestigious arts organization in her home city of Philadelphia. She painted this image of John McKim, Jr. — a prominent Baltimore merchant, manufacturer, and railroad developer — as a companion to an earlier portrait of his wife, Margaret Telfair McKim, also in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection.

Title Mr. John McKim, Jr. (1766-1842)

Artwork Date 1831

Artist Anna Claypoole Peale

Life Dates 1791-1878

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

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Medium Watercolor on ivory

Dimensions Overall: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 inches (7 × 5.7 cm)

Classification Miniatures

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Museum Purchase, Edward E. Rothman Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2024.12

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Anna Claypoole Peale, Mr. John McKim, Jr. (1766-1842), 1831, watercolor on ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Edward E. Rothman Fund, 2024.12.