Daniel Wagner (1802-1888)
Date:
1842
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory in gold case
Dimensions:
2 3/4 H x 2 1/4 W (oval ivory panel)
Inscription:
Signed and dated on the obverse: Dan'l. Wagner / Albany, July / 1842
Credit:
Gift of Jean E. and Fredericka Cameron and Mrs. Bernard S. Bronson, granddaughters of the subject
Accession Number:
1936.3.2
Comments:
Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, Albany residents commissioned portrait miniatures. Among the best-known area painters of miniatures were Anson Dickinson and the brother-and-sister team of Daniel Wagner and Maria Louisa Wagner. Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, Albany residents commissioned portrait miniatures. Among the best-known area painters of miniatures were Anson Dickinson and the brother-and-sister team of Daniel Wagner and Maria Louisa Wagner. This miniature, painted shortly after the sitter's marriage in 1842, is attributed to Daniel Wagner. Dean was a founder of Albany Medical College and president of the Young Men's Association in Albany.
