Portrait #753

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Burroughs, Oliver Sturgis
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1840
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:4.5 x 4.5
  • Image Dimensions:2 x 2
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:12/6/2005
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Miniature of a young man with dark hair parted low on his left side. Waves form a strong mass of hair on the right side of his head, with a prominent curl on his forehead. Dressed in a dark tie, wite shirt and high-collared (navy-blue?) coat. The frame is a ceramic floral that has been repaired.
  • Notes:Subject's father was Benjamin Burroughs, whose steamship was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.