Portrait #765

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Lawrence, Dr. William Pitt
  • Artist:Doyle, William
  • Date Created:1818
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:NA
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/6/2005
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Miniature of a young man with short curly brown hair worn with a small part near center and feathery sideburns to his jawline. His eyes are blue (?) and he wears a ruffled white shirt and high-collared dark coat. The torso is a near full right profile, but the head gazes to his right to reveal three-quarters of his face.
  • History:Painted in Boston.
  • Notes:The subject lived from 1784-1853.