Portrait of a Man
Artist
William Armfield Hobday
(1771 - 1831)
Formerly attributed to
William Wood
(English, 1769 - 1809)
Date1790-1795
MediumWatercolor on ivory;
Gilt copper alloy case with blue and white enamel front bezel; hair memento with gold and pearls
DimensionsSight: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 inches (6.99 × 5.72 cm)
Framed: 3 1/16 × 2 9/16 inches (7.78 × 6.51 cm)
Framed: 3 1/16 × 2 9/16 inches (7.78 × 6.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/167
InscribedNone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait miniature of a man with powdered hair wearing a blue coat before a sky background.ProvenanceMr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.
Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1971), no. 185, p. 63, (repro.), as by William Wood, Unknown Man.
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