Portrait #392

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Gentleman W15
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1880
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:1 7/8 x 1 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval bust-length slightly right profile of an older man. His wavy dark hair is combed over his head toward his right, probably to conceal a receding hairline. he has rounds of curls on either side of his head. His eyes are blue and wideset. He wears a black coat with a fur collar and a scarlet scarf at his throat. The background is blue. The overall effect is somehow theatrical in feeling.
  • History:Exhibited at Cheekwood 1992; huntsville 1996 Illus. Huntsville catalog.