Self-portrait ca. 1810 Joseph Wood American A painter of miniatures and cabinet-sized portraits, as well as an engraver, Wood moved from upstate New York to the city at the age of fifteen and apprenticed to a silversmith. 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 Washington, , pleasing clients in each city with his meticulously executed portraits. He used gum arabic quite liberally, a
Self-portrait ca. 1810 Joseph Wood American A painter of miniatures and cabinet-sized portraits, as well as an engraver, Wood moved from upstate New York to the city at the age of fifteen and apprenticed to a silversmith. 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 Washington, , pleasing clients in each city with his meticulously executed portraits. He used gum arabic quite liberally, a medium that gave strong contrast and opacity to his watercolor. His handsome self-portrait epitomizes his most captivating work: a sharply defined, realistic likeness with brilliantly rendered coiffure, against a background expertly shaded to approximate Self-portrait 15307
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