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Portrait #277
Subject/Title: Scruggs, William Lindsey
Artist:Pinxit, Gustin (Bogota, Colombia)
Date Created:1876
Owner/Location:Private Collection
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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