Dr. Thomas Wood Borland
ArtistAttributed to
Felix Thomas Sharples
(American, 1786-1844)
CultureAmerican
Date1809
MediumChalk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.4 x 26.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.4 x 26.7 cm)
InscribedInformation from the back of this pastel's backing paper: "This pastel by James Sharples done at Stockley Farm, Nansemond Co., VA 1809. The subject of this portrait was the Great grandfather of Armistead, Ramsay, Charles Barney and Carrie Borland Burroughs, also Mary Chapman Borland."
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number64.34.4
Not on view
DescriptionPastel chalk on paper drawing of Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (1783-1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland and Grandfather of Thomas Roscius Borland. In a simple 1.5" gilt frame.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. Published ReferencesFillmore Norfleet, _Suffolk in Virginia, c. 1795-1840: A Record of Lots, Lives, and Likenesses_ (Norfleet, 1974). Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 50.
