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Portrait #247
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| Subject/Title: | Burton,
Jesse |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date
Created: | 1776 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 5.5
x 4.5 |
| Image Dimensions: | 2.5
x 2 |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor
on ivory |
| Date Documented: | 12/30/2003 |
| Condition: | Fair |
| Description: | Oval
bust-length miniature in a rectangular frame of a man with short silver hair,
large brown eyes, and a light beard shadow. He is dressed in revolutionary-era
formal attire: black open coat and white tie and shirt. The background is a
light blue. |
| History: | Painted
from life. |
| Notes: | Subject
(1750-1795) bought land in 1776 from Thomas and Martha Jefferson, "The
Oaks." The Burtons were originally from Wales before they moved to
Hanover County, VA and then to AL. See file for more biographical information. |
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