Portrait #557

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Sevier, John
  • Artist:Peale, James Willson
  • Date Created:ca. 1745-1814
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
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  • Frame Dimensions:2 x 1 5/8
  • Image Dimensions:NA
  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:11/17/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Older man with elaborate uniform--gold buttons down gold border of blue coat. Golden vest over flowing white shirt with attached cravat. He wears a gray wig, has ruddy cheeks, and, although he is facing slightly left, his bright blue eyes are looking directly at the viewer.
  • History:Frame not original. Probably done while Sevier was a Congressman 1745-1814.
  • Notes:Referenced in Sevier Family History p. 256 by Cora Bales Sevier & Nancy W. Madden, Washington, DC 1961