The Thompson Children
John Carlin
1846 · Watercolor on ivory · The American Wing
Carlin painted three miniatures in 1846 on commission for a David Thompson: one of Mr. Thompson, one of his wife and two daughters, and the present painting of his three sons and daughter. Carlin recorded that he received $60 in January 1846 for four children "in one group" and named the children: Gardiner, David, Charles, and Mary.
- Artist
- John Carlin
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Morris K. Jesup and Maria DeWitt Jesup Funds, 1979
