New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Portrait of a Man

Artist Unknown

CultureAmerican

Date1816

MediumWatercolor

DimensionsOverall: 4 x 3 3/16 in. (10.2 x 8.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 10 x 11 x 3 1/4 in. (25.4 x 27.9 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.

Object numberM51.1.267

On View

On view

DescriptionMiniature opaque watercolor portrait of the left profile of a young man with dark brown hair swept high in the front. Probably Mr. Judah (Mrs. Myers' brother). Blue coat with two gold buttons, high collared ruffled shirt. Contemporary gilded glass oval mat. Miniature sheet is held in place with newspaper. Contemporary gilded and turned frame.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House Published ReferencesMona L. Dearborn, "Guy Atkinson and the Itinerant Artists of Fairfax Street, Alexandria," JOURNAL OF EARLY SOUTHERN DECORATIVE ARTS Volume XXII, Number 1 (Summer 1996): 16-17, b/w ill. 17, note #55 36.