Peter Scoyen

Maker John Wesley Jarvis

Periodca. 1810-1820

Place MadeNew York

MediumOil on ivory

Dimensions2.5 in. (6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPortrait Miniatures & Silhouettes

Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, 1940

Object number1426

DescriptionPortrait of a young man with auburn hair, wearing a black top hat, dark jacket, white shirt, and ruffled stock. The portrait is set in a copper case.
Curatorial RemarksPeter Scoyen (d.1832) was born in Copenhagen. He was a merchant of Old New York, engaged in the West India trade. Scoyen is the great grand-father of Julia Grapel and Mrs. D. G. Worden of Lakewood, New Jersey.NotesThis miniature is attributed to John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840).

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