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Mary Thayer Holden, Thomas Young, ca. 1805
TThomas YoungAmerican

Mary Thayer Holden

ca. 1805 · Painting-Miniature · 7 × 5.9 cm

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since
Sep 25, 2026
Source
The museum's own collection data
On the mapMuseum page

About the painting

Mary Thayer Holden was the wife of Captain John Pierce, who served in the artillery at Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The initials “MH” are monogrammed in gold over hairwork on the reverse of the miniature.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

Accession number
1950.4.3

What it shows

WomanPortrait

In the catalog

PaintingsWatercolourAmerican paintingNeoclassicismRomanticism19th century

Sources

  • Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
  • Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0

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