Portrait #750

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Uncle Alfred from the Hermitage
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  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1885-1890
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:36 x 24
  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/6/2005
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Unfinished nearly full-length seated portrait of an African American man with grey hair holding a walking stick in his left hand. The background is red.
  • History:Bought ca. 1960 from the subject's family at a price they set of $25.00. Restored by Ned Crouch.
  • Notes:Subject was a Hermitage house servant who lived there until 1901. He was the first tour guide of the home after the Jackson descendants departed it.