Portrait #342

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Gentleman W63
  • Artist:Jocelyn, Nathaniel 1796-1881
  • Date Created:ca. 1835
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:3" x 2 1/2"
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:2/22/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frame is original chased metal with rope style bezel; empty hair opening in back. Bust-length oval of a man with broadset, large blue eyes, light brown wavy hair combed straight back and trimmed at collar length. Wearing a black jacket, vest and large tie, a slight skin crease is visible on his right cheek. His very strong jawline is framed by tips of his white shirt collar.
  • History:Probably painted in CT. Exhibited at Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000. Illus. Huntsville catalog.