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James H. Kimberly
James H. Kimberly is a Romanticism painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
James H. Kimberly spent his life painting tiny portraits on ivory so small they fit in a locket. He had a habit of slipping a tiny seashell into the frame, just a whisper of texture, so the person staring back at you from 1840 wasn’t just a face. Pick up your magnifying glass and hunt for Portrait of a Gentleman among the miniatures at the Met; it’s the size of a postage stamp, and that seashell is still there.
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