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Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_PS2.jpg)
Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_PS2.jpg)
Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_PS2.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_PS2.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20.962.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20.962.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20.962_back_view1.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20.962_back_view1.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20.962_back_view2.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20.962_back_view2.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_back_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_back_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

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Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.

Eliab Metcalf

American Art

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
ARTIST Eliab Metcalf, American, 1785-1834
MEDIUM Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens
DATES ca. 1822
DIMENSIONS Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm) Backing Card: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm) Liner & lens: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS Artist's business card, used for backing the portrait: image of putto holding a banner on which is printed "E. METCALF, PORTRAIT & MINIATURE PAINTER." and written in script "Broadway, / No. 152."
COLLECTIONS American Art
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
ACCESSION NUMBER 20.962
CREDIT LINE Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett
RIGHTS STATEMENT No known copyright restrictions
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CAPTION Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). Portrait of John Haslett, M.D., ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 20.962_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION This object is a disassembled miniature consisting of: the portrait (watercolor on an oval sheet of ivory glued to paper), backing paper cut from the artist's business card, and the metal liner and glass lens which were part of the now-lost original housing (most likely, a locket). There is a faint graphite tracing of the sitter's head and an illegible inscription on the verso of the portrait.
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Eliab Metcalf (American, 1785-1834). <em>Portrait of John Haslett, M.D.</em>, ca. 1822. Watercolor on ivory portrait, printed business card (backing paper), and brass liner and lens, Image: 3 x 2 5/16 in. (7.6 x 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 20.962 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 20.962_PS2.jpg)

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American painter
brass
business card
ca. 1822
early 19th century portrait
John Hasiette,MD
lens
Metcalf
portrait
watercolor on ivory

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American painter
brass
business card
ca. 1822
early 19th century portrait
John Hasiette,MD
lens
Metcalf
portrait
watercolor on ivory
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