Portrait #1493

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Ridley, William Pillow
  • Artist:Cole, Thomas Casilear
  • Date Created:ca. 1945
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:41 x 37
  • Image Dimensions:35 x 31
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:25 June 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Half-length rectangular portrait a gentleman wearing black suit coat, white shirt and red necktie. Subject has short black hair. Mottled black background.
  • History:The artist stayed on an extended stay at "Bethel Place" Plantation and painted a number of the Pillow family members.
  • Notes:Subject lived in Kentucky and was married to Charles Thomas Worthington. Subject is owner's great grandmother.