Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.136 |
Title |
Portrait of a Gentleman |
Artist |
unknown |
Date |
n.d. |
Description |
Unknown subject. Portrait. Adult male subject. Seated on a red chair. Mid-waist length view. He is turned 3/4ths to his right, while his gazes at the viewer (has a lazy eye). He has brown hair and eyes. He is wearing a white cravat, white shirt, yellow undercoat, and black overcoat. The background is dark green. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-91.4 W-71.1 cm |
Credit line |
n.d. |
Provenance |
1859-1885 - Gift/Bequest of Charles Bird King |
Inscription Location |
on reverse of stretcher |
Inscriptions and Marks |
#250 |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 unknown |
Notes |
Formerly #72. The subject bears some resemblance to the portrait of Eli Whitney by Samuel F. B. Morse, owned by Yale University Art Gallery, and reproduced in Yankee Nov 1972 169. Morse painted Whitney about 1824. |
Related Publications |
ACC Whitney |