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Portrait #116
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| Subject/Title: | Proudfit, (Judge) John |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date Created: | ca. 1800 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
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| Frame Dimensions: | 37 x 32 |
| Image Dimensions: | 29.5 x 24 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 7/17/2003 |
| Condition: | Poor |
| Description: | Waist-length frontal of a man in a black coat and a white shirt and vest with 3 buttons and necktie. He has sideburns and a deeply receding hairline. His gaze is straightforward. |
| History: | The work is torn, stained, and needs cleaning.
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| Notes: | Sitter was born ca. 1761 and lived in Norfolk, VA. He married Judith Rodney 11/21/1788. His grandson was President of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad and the Memphis & Ohio Railroad. Owners have letters dating to Civil War era re: one of his descendants, Col. James Proudfit Wood. His owner's great-great-great-grandfather. |
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