Portrait #400

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Gill, Moses
  • Artist:Verstille, William
  • Date Created:ca. 1780
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:1 3/8 x 1 1/8
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Oval bust-length slightly right profile of a heavy-set man with large, almond-shaped dark brown eyes. He is clean-shaven, althought the suggestion of a heavy beard is especially apparent around his mouth and chin, which is slightly doubled. His hair is close-cropped on top and combed straight back to reveal a hint of a widow's peak. It is somewhat longer in the back, nearly reaching the collar of his black coat and vest. His white stock tie and ruffled shirt are visible, although his vest is highly buttoned.
  • History:Exhibited at Gibbes 2000.
  • Notes:Subject was governor of Massachusetts.