Portrait #133

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Allison, Samuel Perkins Jr. (or Thomas?)
  • Artist:Dodge, John Wood
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
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  • Frame Dimensions:5 x 4
  • Image Dimensions:2.75 x 2.25
  • Materials/Media:watercolor (oil ?) on ivory or porcelain
  • Date Documented:5/5/2003
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Oval three-quarter right profile miniature of a young man in a buttoned up double-breasted black coat, white high-collared shirt, and white bow tie. He has large, wide-set light-colored eyes, a slight cleft in his chin, and light brown wavy/curly hair parted over his left eye. The background is a muted coral-tan. The work is framed.
  • History:Was exhibited at Cheekwood ca. 1955-57 in a show curated by Walter Sharpe, " Nashville Collects" or "Our Neighbors Collect," something to that effect.
  • Notes:See Williamson County Historical Society Journal article in the file for more documentation