National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Tennessee Portrait Project

Portrait #341
Subject/Title:
Beck, Samuel
Artist:Jarvis, John Wesley
Date Created:ca. 1815
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:2 5/16" x 2 3/8
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:3/18/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Frame is gilt metal, old, but not original. Oval of a young man with curly reddish hair, large brown eyes. He is clean shaven except for sideburns that fall to his white shirt collar. He is wearing a blue jacket with 8 brass buttons visible, and a black tie.
History of Work:Painted in New York City. On a paper glued to the back, and supposedly on another paper inside the case, is written "Given to / Harvey Beck 14 / Feby. 1842 by his / father / Samuel Beck / Born in Phila. 10 Mar. / 1794 / & / Died in New York / 17 Dec.
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