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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #354 |
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| Subject/Title: | Unknown Gentleman W65 |
| Artist: | Peale, Anna Claypoole 1791-1878 |
| Date Created: | 1831 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | NA |
| Image Dimensions: | 2 1/2" x 2" |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory |
| Date Documented: | 2/22/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Frame is chased gilded copper, original. Fitted with a pin on the back. Oval of an elderly man in a yellow vest and bright blue jacket with 4 brass buttons. His hair is white, his eyes blue, and he has red, ""rheumy"" circles under his eyes and his mouth is drawn in wrinkles. |
| History: | Painted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Exhibited 1994 Cheekwood 1995 / Huntsville 1996/ The Peale Family 1996-97/ Gibbes 2000 Illus. Huntsville Catalog/ The Peale Family Catalog |
| Notes: | More information on file at TSM. |