Portrait #345

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown officer with initials "PPS"
  • Artist:Lovett, William 1773-1801
  • Date Created:ca. 1795
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 5/8" x 2 1/8"
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:2/22/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frame is gilt copper engraved on back, with hair opening containing woven hair and the gold initials "PPS". Left profile of a white-haired man in uniform. The man's hairdo is a very unusual style that ceased to be used by about 1805. The red facing on the uniform means that he was in a state militia infantry regiment.
  • History:Probably painted in MA. Exhibited Cheekwood 1992; Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000 Illus. Huntsville catalog.