Portrait #222

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown mountain man
  • Artist:Elliston, Bessie 1870-?
  • Date Created:ca. 1900
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:26 x 21
  • Image Dimensions:17 x 12
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:1/13/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frontal bust-length of an older man, clean shaven with white and silvery-gray hair. His cheekbones are prominent against his sunken cheeks and his mouth is gathered in creased lips above a cleft chin. His coat is black and he is wearing a ruffled Edwardian collar. The light is strong on his right side.
  • History:Artist travelled to Beersheba Springs in search of subjects. This man put on the collar for the occasion.
  • Notes:Artist married Clarence Edwards Sinclair and never painted after she married.