National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #389
Subject/Title: Scruggs, Mr. W8
Artist:Unknown
Date Created:ca. 1815
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:2.5 x 2
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:
Condition:Good
Description:Oval slightly right profile bust-length of a man with predominant wigs/tufts of brown hair rising around his ears. His hair is combed forward toward his high forhead. His eyes are light-colored and his eyebrows are noticeably bushy. He wears a white shirt, vest and tie with two buttons visible. His coat is black.
History:Exhibited Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000

Possibly attributed to Shaver

Probably painted in E. Tennessee where it was purchased at a Scruggs family estate sale.
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