A young Gentleman with black jacket and waistcoat, white stock and collar and wire rimmed glasses, with brown hair combed to side; together with a young Gentleman, possibly John Adam Bates, in black jacket and waistcoat with white collar and stock, with brown hair, attributed to Sarah Goodridge (1788-1853)

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Largely self-taught, though receiving some training from Gilbert Stuart, Sarah Goodridge began her highly successful career opening a portrait studio in 1820. She sought commissions as far away as Washington, D.C. in 1829 and 1842, and continued painting portraits in miniature until her death in 1853. (G and W, p. 265; Johnson, pp. 125-126; and S and G, p. 65.)