National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Memphis, Tennessee


Accession #50.13
Subject/Title:
Portrait of William A. Chase
Artist:James Hart, American,
1812-1870
Date Created:1839
Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
901-544-6200
Frame Dimensions:3 1/16" x 2 1/4"
Image Dimensions:2 5/8" x 2 1/8"
Materials/Media:Watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:31 May 2008
Condition:Poor
Description:Half-length portrait of a man with brown side-parted hair. The man is wearing a white shirt and vest with a black coat and black tie. Plain white background. Encased oval miniature.
History of Work:Artist lived and worked in Memphis in 1839; thereafter worked periodically in Memphis and throughout the South; lived in Memphis in the mid-late 1850s.
Notes:Sitter resided in Memphis at the time of the portrait.

Provenance: Given by a descendant of the sitter. - Bequest of Miss Anne Chase Baker

Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.

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