Portrait #686

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Hunt, Memucan 1729-1808
  • Artist:Shannon, E. Hampton
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:35 X 31
  • Image Dimensions:25 X 21
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:11/14/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Young man seated, waist up, hand in lap holding white paper. He is wearing black robe with white shirt and tie. Seated turned slightly to left. He has brown hair, bright blue eyes, and the background show red drape on right, part of wood backed chair to left.
  • History:Subject lived in North Carolina. Hunt was State Treasurer and the owner's great-great-great grandfather. Owner inherited the set of portraits from her cousin.
  • Notes:Subject was married to Mary "Polly" Wade.