Portrait #378

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Gentleman W10
  • Artist:Spencer, Frederick R.
  • Date Created:ca. 1830
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2.5 x 2
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval bust-length slightly left profile of a middle-aged man with brown eyes and brown hair, which is parted on his left, is combed forward but then ascends into a forceful ÒfinÓ that run s the length of his head. He is wearing a black coat and white shirt and stock.
  • History:Exhibited at Cheekwood 1992; Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000 Illus. Huntsville catalog.