Portrait #382

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Gentleman W57
  • Artist:Sully, Lawrence
  • Date Created:ca. 1790
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:1 13/16 x 1 5/16
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval bust-length nearly full frontal of a man in a yellow vest trimmed with green embroidery. His hair is coarse, silvery, with a wiry quality esp. noticeable as it fall straight down to his collar. His eyes are almost black.
  • History:Exhibited at Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000. Ilus. Huntsville catalog.