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American Portrait Miniatures of the Nineteenth Century | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... full-scale oil portrait, from Stuart, and a matching miniature from Robertson. In the succeeding years, the studio of John Wesley Jarvis became the starting point for many young miniaturists. Joseph Wood joined Jarvis' fold in 1803 and stayed until ...

Joseph Wood: Self-Portrait (1993.283) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... He copied miniature portraits that had been left in the shop for framing and these attracted the attention of John Wesley Jarvis, who took Wood into a highly lucrative partnership. Wood moved to Philadelphia in 1813 and later worked in Baltimore and ...