Portrait #247

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Burton, Jesse
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:1776
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:5.5 x 4.5
  • Image Dimensions:2.5 x 2
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:12/30/2003
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Oval bust-length miniature in a rectangular frame of a man with short silver hair, large brown eyes, and a light beard shadow. He is dressed in revolutionary-era formal attire: black open coat and white tie and shirt. The background is a light blue.
  • History:Painted from life.
  • Notes:Subject (1750-1795) bought land in 1776 from Thomas and Martha Jefferson,