Portrait #74

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Guthrie, (Gen.) Adam
  • Artist:Capertown, Mary Elizabeth Guthrie Coke
  • Date Created:ca. 1840s
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:12.5 x 12.5
  • Image Dimensions:8.5 x 8.5 (diam.)
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  • Materials/Media:oil on porcelain (plate)
  • Date Documented:6/11/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Bust-length right profile of a man with short brown hair in a blue military jacket with a red trim. A gold epaulet with three stars is on his right shoulder. Work is mounted to a pink velvet-covered square and trimmed by gold braid on each side.
  • History: Artist is the subject's granddaughter. Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation in the 1980s.
  • Notes:See documentation in the file. Sitter born 10/1/1762 and died 1/31/1826. He was the father of James Guthrie, portrait #75.