| Accession # |
21.476 |
|
Artist |
Unknown
|
| Title |
Portrait of a Gentleman/Mourning Piece |
| Date |
ca. 1797 |
| Medium |
Watercolor on ivory or porcelain (?), framed in metal locket with glass lenses |
| Dimensions |
Image (sight): 2 3/4 x 2 13/16 in. (7 x 7.1 cm)
Frame: 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 in. (7.8 x 7.8 cm) |
| Inscriptions |
On pedestal of grave in mourning image: "JP [monogram] / OB: 15 AUG: 1797 / AET: 11 YEARS / 6 MONTHS" |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 30, Shelf A (Sculpture)
|
| Description |
Recto: portrait of older man with gray wig and reddish sideburns; wears navy jacket over pink vest and white stock; holds book with proper right hand; seascape in background with small ship on horizon at left and large full-sailed ship on right. Verso: mourning scene with male and female mourners flanking pyramidal grave raised on block pedestal; weeping willow tree painted on reverse of convex glass lens. |
