National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #327
Subject/Title: Unknown Gentleman W119
Artist:Hite, George Harrison ca. 1810-1880
Date Created:1836, April
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:3 1/8" x 2 1/2"
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:2/22/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Red leather case.

Oval of brown-haired man with coral-colored cheeks, arching eyebrows, and indentation on chin. Dressed in a black coat and tie, white shirt with gold pin
History:Painted in Nashville.

Paper attached to back has written on it "Painted by Geo H. Hite April 1836"

Exhibited Gibbes 2000.

Illus. 16 June 1999 Christies catalog.
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