Lot 97: Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (AM, 1788-1838)

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (American/Tennessee, 1788-1838), "Portrait Miniature of Andrew Jackson, after Aaron H. Corwine (1802-1830)", 1836, watercolor, initialed "R.E.W.E" and dated upper mid-right, 4 1/4 in. x 3 1/4 in., period wood and gilt frame Note: The miniature by Ralph E.W. Earl is a copy after the 1825 painting of Andrew Jackson by Kentucky artist Aaron H. Corwine. The Corwine portrait was painted in late March 1825 during Andrew and Rachel Jackson's four day visit to Cincinnati, Ohio. The Jacksons were making a bittersweet trip home to the Hermitage after his narrow loss for presidency to John Quincy Adams. The fur collar alluded to Jackson as a westerner and frontierman. Ralph E.W. Earl, who received continous requests for images of the Seventh U.S. President and Hero of the Battle of New Orleans, apparently painted a pair of minatures of Andrew Jackson in 1836; one after Samuel Lovett Waldo's circa 1819 portrait and the other after Aaron H. Corwine's 1825 portrait.Both miniatures are similiar size and were placed in matching carved walnut frame.Ref: Barber, James G., Andrew Jackson: A Portrait Study, National Portrait Gallery, 1991
Please Note: Starting Bid USD $2000