Portrait #369

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Gentleman W41
  • Artist:Russell, Moses B.
  • Date Created:ca. 1845
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 5/8 x 2 1/8
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval three-quarters right bust profile of a young man who has a ÒlopsidedÓ quality owing chiefly to his left eye, which wanders in toward center, and the unruly curls of his light brown hair over his left ear. His ears are large, and he is dressed in a black coat, vest, and tie.
  • History:Exhibited at Cheekwood 1992; Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000 Illus in Huntsville Catalog and the magazine Antiques, May 1990, p. 1122 in Vandekar ad.