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Portrait #115
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| Subject/Title: | Moore, John Bertie |
| Artist: | Moore, Mary Virginia |
| Date Created: | unknown |
| Owner/Location: | Private
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| Frame Dimensions: | 28 x 24.5 |
| Image Dimensions: | 21.5 x 17.5 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 7/17/2003 |
| Condition: | Fair |
| Description: | Bust-length of man in dark jacket with white shirt and black tie. He has a strong jaw line and his dark smooth hair falls to his jawline. He is turned three-quarters to reveal a right profile. The overall image is dark in color. |
| History: | Work was done from a daguerreotype photograph and painted by the subject's granddaughter. |
| Notes: | Sitter was born 2/2/1808 and died 6/2/1860. He took the name of his county (Bertie in NC) and married Judith Bell Estes in 1840. He is the owner's great-grandfather. The portrait normally resides at their Brownsville farm.
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