Captain Joseph Anthony

Captain Joseph Anthony (1738-1798) was a prosperous Philadelphia merchant. His son Joseph Jr. became a prominent silversmith, and his son Josiah, a fellow merchant. The miniature of Josiah Hewes Anthony is in this collection [see 1952.12.2]. On the back of Captain Anthony’s miniature is a second painting---a mourning scene, with two female figures holding two bluebirds and a red rose. They sit next to a large funerary urn under a massive tree, a temple behind them in the rolling landscape. The tree and grass are made with clippings of hair, and braided locks---perhaps from the captain himself---adorn the perimeter of the image. This second painting is clearly by a different artist, and was probably added to the miniature after the captain’s death.

About the painting

Particulars

Neighbors at Smithsonian American Art Museum

On the same theme · Occupations

Unknown

What it shows

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Sources

Lawrence Reid Yates

John Jauncey Ketchum

Mrs. Philip John Schuyler (Catherine van Rensselaer)

Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock Hartigan

Portrait of a Gentleman

Muskrat, before 1997

Bright Light at Russell's Corners, 1946

Fish Decoy, ca. 1940

(Lobster on Black Background), 1940-1941

May Snow, 1937

San Diego Mission, ca. 1935-1939

Industry, 1934

Employment of Negroes in Agriculture, 1934

Duc et Duchess de Brabant, 1926

Shipping Coffee, Champerico, Guatemala, 1875, published 1877

(Study for "Labor"), ca. 1870

Head of the Artist, n.d.

A Passage from the Papers, 1887

Max Weyl, ca. 1875

Co-ee-há-jo, a Chief, 1838

Marie Antoinette, n.d.