Portrait of a Man
Artist
Thomas Richmond
(English, 1771 - 1837)
Dateca. 1810
MediumWatercolor on ivory;
Gilt copper alloy case with enamel bezel and yellow glass over foil; blue glass over embossed bimetallic foil surrounded by braided hair on back
DimensionsSight: 1 11/16 × 1 5/16 inches (4.29 × 3.33 cm)
Framed: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3/16 inches (8.89 × 6.35 × 0.48 cm)
Framed: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3/16 inches (8.89 × 6.35 × 0.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/117
InscribedInscribed with monogram on case verso: “CL”
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionPortrait miniature of a man wearing a black 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. 196, p. 66, (repro.), as attributed to Thomas Richmond, Unknown Man.
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