Unidentified artist, Thomas Pickering Drown, ca. 1805

Art

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Name/Title

Unidentified artist, Thomas Pickering Drown, ca. 1805

Entry/Object ID

202

Description

Small, framed, colored miniature of Thomas P. Drown painted on ivory ca. 1805. Beveled glass backing with delicately woven hair inside. Possibly rose gold frame. Jelly label on the back reads; "Thomas Pickering Drown / Portsmouth N.H. / Born Apr. 19 - 1782 / Died June 3 - 1849"

Collection

Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial Collection

Acquisition

Accession

202

Source or Donor

Ferree, Annie Appleton

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Annie Appleton Ferree

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1805

General Notes

Note

Notes: Drown was a silversmith from Portsmouth NH. . Labeled "Thomas Pickering Drown. Portsmouth NH. Born Apr. 19, 1782. Died June 3, 1849." Status Date: 1999-01-30

Note

Prior to the American Revolution, the Drown family spelt their last name Drowne. Most likely to distance themselves from the English, the "e" was dropped following independence.