Lot 1427: ANSON DICKINSON (AMERICAN 1779-1852). PAIR OF

ANSON DICKINSON (AMERICAN 1779-1852). PAIR OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF FREDERICK WOLCOTT AND HIS DAUGHTER, MARIANNE WOLCOTT WHITEHEAD, OF LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT. Each watercolor on ivory, 3 x 2 1/2 inches, sight.Frederic (1767-1837) was the son of Oliver Wolcott, a member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of the state of Connecticut. Frederick's sister, Mariann, is noted for making the most bullets from the statue of King George III, removed from Bowling Green and melted down in Litchfield. She was also the subject of a portrait by Ralph Earl. Frederick was a Clerk of the Superior Court, Litchfield County and a member of the State Assembly. Marianne (1803-1864) attended Litchfield Female Academy, and married Asa Whitehead of Newark, New Jersey in 1827.