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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #355 |
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| Subject/Title: | Unknown Gentleman W32 |
| Artist: | Peale, Charles Willson 1741-1827 |
| Date Created: | ca. 1780 |
| Owner/Location: | Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN |
| Frame Dimensions: | NA |
| Image Dimensions: | 1 9/16" x 1 3/16" |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory |
| Date Documented: | 2/22/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Frame is gold plated on copper. Old, but possibly not original. Oval of a man in a light blue jacket with 2 covered buttons visible. The lapels have a slightly frayed quality. His shirt is buttoned at the neck and appears to have some tatted decoration. His hair is combed back and falls in curls at his shoulder. |
| History: | Painted probably in Philadelphia area. Exhbited Cheekwood 1991 / Cheekwood 1995 / Huntsville 1996/ Gibbes 2000. Illus. Huntsville Catalog |
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