National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #323
Subject/Title: Unknown Boy
W 135
Artist:Harvey, George, A.N.A. 1800-1878
Date Created:ca. 1835
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:2 1/2" x 2 1/8"
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:2/22/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Frame is period gold plated on copper, chased bezel with hair opening at upper back (empty).

An oval of a blond boy wearing a very elegant red velvet suit with black waist band and white lace Jacobean collar.
History:Probably painted in Boston.

Earle D. VanDeKar catalog sometine during 1990s
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