Portrait #391

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Webb, Alexander Russell W128
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1830
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 x 1.5
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Oval bust-length slightly right profile of a young man with a beard sans moustache, although there is a shadowy hint of moustache. His light brown hair is parted on his left and is combed forward and down into a soft wave pointing down toward his right eye. His forehead is high as his hair is receding. His eyes are large, wide set, and blue. He is wearing a black coat and tie, and a gold stickpin is visible on his white shirt.
  • History:Exhibited Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000 Possibly attributed to Shaver Probably painted in E. Tennessee where it was purchased at a Scruggs family estate sale.