George Godwin
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 pastel's backing paper: "was born Saturday, December 3, 1785, at Stockley, Nansemond Co., VA. Pastel by James Sharples 1809." Label on frame: "L. Ulter 88 Royal St."
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number64.34.8
Not on view
DescriptionPastel chalk on paper drawing of George Godwin (1787-1867), son of Jeremiah Godwin and Sally Wilkinson.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.
