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Artist/Maker (1807 - 1893)
Depicted (American, 1795 – 1865)

Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865)

1832
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 11/16 in. ( 5.4 x 4.3 cm )
Gift of Eliza R. Greenwood and Mary M. Greenwood
1942.596
The subject was born in New York, the son of John and Elizabeth (Weaver) Greenwood. He turned to his father's profession, dentistry, in 1818, from which he retired in 1829, at the end of a distinguished career.
MarkingsInscribed: on back:"J.W. Dodge/Miniature Painter/No. 37 Lispenard St./New York May 24th 1832"
ClassificationsMINIATURES