National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #185
Subject/Title: Unknown "Gentleman" W97
Artist:Brown, John Henry 1818-1891
Date Created:1857
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:4 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:2/22/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Photographic quality oval miniature of a handsome dark haired gentleman with a moustache who is wearing a black coat. Torso is turned three-quarters right but face is nearly full frontal.

"From a Daguerre By J. Hy Brown 1857," lower right.
History:Painted in Philadelphia.

Exhibited at Gibbes 2000.
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