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Portrait #277
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| Subject/Title: | Scruggs, William Lindsey |
| Artist: | Pinxit, Gustin (Bogota, Colombia) |
| Date Created: | 1876 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
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| Frame Dimensions: | 34 x 29.5 |
| Image Dimensions: | 25 x 21.5 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 12/4/2003 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Three-quarters right oval profile of a middle-aged man with dark curly hair, moustache and long goatee. His is dressed in formal wear, including a white pleated shirt. His blue eyes have a piercing quality and his face has lines around his eyes, with a pronounced line alongside his nose and right cheek. The work is crisply painted, providing much detail and realism. Work is signed in the lower right. |
| History: | Painted in Bogota, Colombia. Restored in August, 2003. Original frame re-guilded by Reed's Gold Leaf in Madison. |
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