Portrait of Thomas James Mathias
Former TitlePortrait of a Man; T.J. Mathias
Artist
George Engleheart
(English, 1750 - 1829)
Dateca. 1781
MediumWatercolor on ivory;
Gold bezel in ivory case
DimensionsSight: 1 9/16 × 1 5/16 inches (3.97 × 3.33 cm)
Case: 2 × 3 3/4 × 7/16 inches (5.08 × 9.53 × 1.11 cm)
Case: 2 × 3 3/4 × 7/16 inches (5.08 × 9.53 × 1.11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/46
InscribedInscription on laid paper backing: “T. J. Mathias Esq. / of Naples, / Son of Vincent Mathias / Esq. / and Author of the / Pursuits of Literature”
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 124
Collections
DescriptionPortrait miniature of a man with powdered hair wearing a maroon coat before a gray background.Exhibition HistoryThe Starr Foundation Collection of Miniatures, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, December 8, 1972–January 14, 1973, no cat., no. 80, as T.J. Mathias.
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.
Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1971), no. 80, p. 29, (repro.), as Portrait of Thomas James Mathias.
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John Cox Dillman Engleheart
1802
F58-60/42
