Portrait of a Man
Artist
Henry Jacob Burch
(English, 1762 - 1834)
Dateca. 1800
MediumWatercolor on ivory;
Gilt copper alloy case
DimensionsSight: 3 × 2 7/16 inches (7.62 × 6.19 cm)
Framed: 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 inches (8.57 × 6.99 cm)
Framed: 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 inches (8.57 × 6.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/7
InscribedInscribed on recto, lower right margin: "Burch"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait miniature of a man with powdered hair wearing a black coat before a sky background.ProvenanceErnest Seymour Salaman (1860–1951), Somerset, England [1];
Mr. 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.
NOTES:
[1] “Ernest Salaman” is listed as the portrait’s owner on its case . The inscription also includes “Exh”, but the two years listed below it are illegible. They closely resemble the dates 1760 and 1764; however, Salaman died in 1951 and the Starrs acquired the portrait before 1958. Salaman exhibited eight works at the “Miniatures at the British Empire Exhibition” in Wembley, London, in 1924, but the present portrait was not shown.
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Henry Edridge
May–October 1796
F58-60/35
