Portrait #374

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown Lady W115
  • Artist:Sheys, William P.
  • Date Created:ca. 1813
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 13/26 x 2 3/4
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval near waist-length and nearly full frontal of a young woman with tight brown curls piled on her head. Her eyes are blue and she is wearing a single strand pearl necklace. Her dress is formal, white, low-cut to reveal her yoke and shoulders and to accentuate her high breasts.
  • History:Artist was active ca. 1813-1820 Exhibited at Gibbes 2000.