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319:. Dickinson's engraving captured the essence of the original, but was somewhat simplified due to the constraints of the miniature format. There was great demand for pictures of Washington, and Custis allowed Dickinson to hire James W. Steel to produce an engraving copied from his miniature. He advertised the reproductions for sale for one dollar each.
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including delicate modeling and soft color. His best works were those he painted earlier in his career. These works are mostly oval, while the portraits after 1820 are usually rectangular. His later work had broader and looser brushwork, and the pictures often had a pinkish tinge. A book published in 1834 was not complementary:
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Dickinson kept a work book that documents 1,500 subjects that he painted over the fifty years of his career, giving the place and date of each work, and sometimes the price. His subjects included both common people, such as his family members and neighbors, and prominent members of society. Some of
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Dickinson often returned to visit his family in Milton, and painted portraits of residents of
Litchfield. He finally returned to Milton for good in 1846, and devoted himself to gardening until his death on 9 March 1852. Despite his success, Dickinson had not become wealthy. The 1850 census records
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saying "Mr. Dickinson informs his friends that he has re-commenced
Miniature Painting, in the City Hotel, adjoining the Assembly Room." Since this hotel was called "the grandest and most important public house in New York City", Dickinson was clearly doing well at this time. To promote business he
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in Boston 1823. Stuart was unusually impressed by
Dickinson, and commissioned him to paint miniatures of himself and his daughter. Around 1824 the Dickinsons adopted two children whose mother had died, Mary Ann Walker and William Edmund Walker. During his settled periods, the family lived with
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I first saw him in Albany in 1805 and his painting was then indicative of talent, He became a very good colourist. He was a very handsome, promising young man, but the promise of his youth has not been realized. In 1811 he was the best miniature painter in New York. He has led a wandering,
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Although
Dickinson was probably self-taught, he was considered a highly talented artist during his lifetime. Dickinson's mentor Malbone was one of the leading miniaturists at that time. Much of Dickinson's early work reflects Malbone's style as exemplified by the portrait he made of Dickinson,
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Dickinson is little-known now and much of his work has been lost. Important public collections of his work are held by the
Litchfield Historical Society and the Stamford Historical Society. Examples of his work are also held by the
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that the retired couple's neighbors in
Litchfield included a shoemaker, cabinetmaker, carpenter, labourer, and a blacksmith. Both Dickinson and his wife died in 1852, and are buried in the Blue Swamp Cemetery of the town.
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Dickinson stayed in
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in Albany in 1810, and Irving encouraged him in his work. He showed his work in a number of exhibitions between 1811 and 1815. His work was shown at the
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Dickinson married Sarah Brown in New York City in 1812, and they lived there until 1820, when he resumed traveling. Dickinson met the famous artist
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painted his portrait. He returned to
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frequently advertised in the newspapers, and would place his business card in the lockets that held his miniatures.
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in these early years. On 27 April 1802 Dickinson published an advertisement for miniature portrait painting in the
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Dorothy Deming, daughter of Julius and Dorothy Champion Deming of Litchfield
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Dickinson. While he was on the road, they lived in Milton with his family.
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History of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States
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George Washington - 1848 copy of the 1772 original by Charles Willson Peale
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newspaper. The first known painting signed by Dickinson is dated 1803.
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At several times during his career Dickinson had a studio in
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George Washington - 1772 original by Charles Willson Peale
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Lewis, Richard Warrington Baldwin; Lewis, Nancy (1999).
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Major Moses Seymour (July 23, 1742 - September 17, 1826)
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Mary Ann Walker Dickinson, the artist's adopted daughter
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Frederick Wolcott - 1 August 1829. Wolcott was son of
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