Anson Dickinson: The Forgotten Miniature Maestro Anson Dickinson (1779-1852) remains a curiously elusive figure in American art history—a prodigious talent overshadowed by the brilliance of contemporaries like Gilbert Stuart and Edward Greene Malbone. Despite producing an astonishing volume of miniature portraits, primarily concentrated in Connecticut and its surrounding region, his legacy has faded into obscurity, leaving scholars gr…