Philadelphia Antiques Show 2024

87 THE PH I LADE L PH I A SHOW FIGURE 11: Pitcher Union Flint Glass Works Philadelphia, 1837–1842 Blown lead glass with cut decoration, 6 1/8 × 6 3/8 × 3 1/2 inches Purchased with funds contributed by the Levitties Foundation, 2019 FIGURE 12: Portrait of a Young Boy John Carlin (1813–1891) New York, c. 1850 Watercolor on ivory, 2 5/8 inches (height) Purchased with the Center for American Art Fund, 2011 Miniatures The engaging personal likenesses found in these watercolors on ivory connect our visitors to the people who both made and consumed art. Among the many the museum has acquired from portrait miniature dealer Elle Shushan at TPS is the c.1850 Portrait of a Young Boy by miniaturist John Carlin (1813–1891), currently on view in G103. (Figure 12) The deaf-mute son of a Philadelphia cobbler, Carlin supported himself by painting houses and signs; eventually, after serving an apprenticeship under John Neagle and traveling to Europe, he settled in New York City and became that city’s most prominent miniaturist. His vividly colored Portrait of a Young Boy displays Carlin’s penchant for combining landscape views into his portraits.