Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.160 |
Title |
Robert Johnston |
Artist |
unknown |
Date |
n.d. |
Description |
Portrait. Subject is an adult male, waist-length view, facing forward, head turned slightly to the left. His right arm rests at his side while his left is raised with the elbow resting on a pedestal or possibly a window sill. He has grey hair, slightly wavy and parted on the right. Subject is in Victorian dress with a black jacket, black vest, and white shirt with a high stand linen collar eighteenth century style collar with a black cravat tied into a bow. The background is brown and darker along the top portion of the painting. There is a maroon curtain, cinched in the middle, hanging beside the subject to his left. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-44.5 W-37.5 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of Margaret Vaughan |
Provenance |
Gift of Margaret Vaughan, descendant of Robert Johnston. The portrait was passed down through Ms. Vaughan's family. It is said to have hung in the Redwood Library and Athenaeum at one time. |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
Johnston, Robert, 1783-1839 |