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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait
#184 |
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| Subject/Title: | "Baby John" ca 1845- ? |
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| Artist: | Brown, John Henry | |
| Date Created: | 1849 | |
| Owner/Location: | Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN |
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| Frame Dimensions: | NA | |
| Image Dimensions: | 1 3/4" x 1 3/8" | |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory | |
| Date Documented: | 2/22/2004 | |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Extremely well painted oval portrait of a young boy wearing a light blue
dress. Date 1849 painted on bottom. View is full frontal of blue-eyed, blonde-haired child age approx 2-3 years. Distinct shape in background--a
chair? Frame is original gold plated on copper. |
| History of Work: | Paper inside in pencil says "Baby John / J. Henry Brown / Pinxit
1849 / Phila." A second paper says "...Caldwell...10 Chestnut...at West (?) Tsc (or last letters may be
Joh...")
Exhibited at Gibbes 2000 |
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