National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #348
Subject/Title: Unknown Gentleman W84
Artist:Mack, Ebenezer active 1785-1808
Date Created:ca. 1800
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:2" x 1 1/2"
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:2/22/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Frame is period Chased cold on copper with window in back for hair. This is a period frame, but it is later than the miniature and is not the original case.

Oval of a man in a dark jacket with 3 brass buttons visible. His white shirt has 5 visible embroidered roses on its front. His large eyes are blue and his hair is light sandy auburn.
History:Painted NYC.

Exhbited Gibbes 2000.

Illus. Sotheby's catalog Jan 16, 1996.
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