Portrait #323

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Boy W 135
  • Artist:Harvey, George, A.N.A. 1800-1878
  • Date Created:ca. 1835
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 1/2" x 2 1/8"
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:2/22/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frame is period gold plated on copper, chased bezel with hair opening at upper back (empty). An oval of a blond boy wearing a very elegant red velvet suit with black waist band and white lace Jacobean collar.
  • History:Probably painted in Boston. Earle D. VanDeKar catalog sometine during 1990s