American Miniatures, 1730-1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected with a Descriptive Account

by Harry B. Wehle

This is a reprint of the book first published in 1927. In 13 chapters the author describes miniature painting and painters by region and era. One of the features of the book is a biographical dictionary of the miniature painters of America compiled by Theodore Bolton. The book contains 168 reproductions of fine miniatures, 19 of them in color.

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1927

About the author

Harry Brandeis Wehle (6 November 1887 -December 1969) was an American art historian and a curator at Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York.