Portrait #717

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Woolfolk, John Harris
  • Artist:Bush, Joseph H.
  • Date Created:ca. 1853
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:29 1/2 x 24 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Description:A waist-length portrait of a young man with full dark hair to the middle of his ears, full beard, and no moustache. His hair is parted on the right with a wisp falling over the middle of his forehead, and his dark eyes are looking directly ahead. His complexion is ruddy, and he appears to be wearing a half-smile. He has a dark, open coat over a slightly lighter vest and a white shirt banded at the top by a black tie.
  • History:Painted in KY.
  • Notes:1817-1902. See p. 113 and 118 in "Early KY Artists" by Wm. Barrow Floyd.