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Portrait #435
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| Subject/Title: | Bowling, William |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date Created: | ca. 1840s late |
| Owner/Location: | Private
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| Frame Dimensions: | 29.5 x 25 |
| Image Dimensions: | 23.25 x 18.5 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
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| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Bust-length rectangular nearly frontal of an old man with a nearly full head of white hair, combed back and cut above the collar of his black, formal coat. He also wears a black tie and white shirt. His eyeglass frames are circular and appear almost white or silver-colored. |
| History: | Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation Center in 1999. |
| Notes: | Subject was born in 1771 or 1772 in Virginia. He married Sallie Spillman 9/11/1794 in Westmoreland County, VA. They had 10 children. He died in KY 3/27/1849. Dr. W.K. Bowling was their 6th child, born 1808. |
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