Portrait miniature attrib. to Isaac Brownfield Alexander (South Carolina, 1812-1884), watercolor on paper, depicting a middle-aged man with dark hair and high forehead seated on a chair and wearing a dark blue suit and tie with printed vest, gold pin and white shirt. Indistinct background. Signed lower right "I.B. Alexander Pt". Hand-painted oval border, with the sheet housed under glass in a plain wood frame. A note visible en verso reads "this miniature was painted by a room mate by the name Alexander (a journeyman jeweller) in Duane Street, New York about the year 1835. Thos. Allen." Image: 4 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in. Sight: 5 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in. Frame: 8 1/4 in x 7 in. Included with this lot is a copy of the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of The Magazine Antiques, which features an article about Alexander by Robert Leath, then then-Chief Curator of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, which has at least one portrait by Alexander (of his daughter) in its collection. A portrait by Alexander of William Irvin Sparkman is in the collection of the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC.

Overall good condition. Toning to paper. Small loss to paper at upper left corner. 1/4 inch stain center right edge of image, in background. 

Private Alabama collection.