Portrait #399

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Tevis, Joshua W75
  • Artist:Wood, Joseph
  • Date Created:ca. 1818
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:1 5/8 x 1 1/4
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval bust-length slightly left profile of a man with wild, coarse frizzy brown hair. His sideburns reach just below his ears. His eyebrows suggest an arch. His jacket is dark blue, with five gold buttons visible, and his shirt and tie are white.
  • History:Probably painted in Baltimore, MD Exhibted at Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000 Illus. Huntsville catalog.