Portrait #361

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Spraggs, The Rev. Samuel
  • Artist:Ramage, John
  • Date Created:ca. 1792
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 x 1.5
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval three-quarters right profile of a jowly man in a clericÕs white tie and black robe. His brown hair is short, combed forward and curly locks are visible over his right ear and collar. His eyes are brown and wide-set.
  • History:Painted in New York City. Exhibited at Cheekwood 1992; Cheekwood 1995; Huntsville 1996; and Gibbes 2000.