# Jonathan Jones Wheeler

- By: Raphaelle Peale (born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825)
- Date: 1812
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: sight 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (5.8 x 4.5 cm) oval
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=19317)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/67189de6e82644be2188a4ff7b5628b3.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Jonathan Jones Wheeler (1792-1846) was born in Philadelphia, the son of Samuel Wheeler and Elizabeth Jones. His miniature portrait shows a young man brimming with confidence. The frame, which has an inner band resembling a traditional locket, allows the painting to be hung on a wall rather than worn on the body, evidence of the changing role of miniatures in American society during the early nineteenth century.