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Watercolor Miniature Portrait

Date

1840

GUSN

GUSN-19408

Description

Miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory, of Joseph Tucker. Half-length, depicting a young man in black jacket and white vest with high collar and black bow tie. In a rectangular wooden frame with gilt oval liner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
watercolors (paintings)
ivory (tooth component)
watercolor (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Inscription

Painted on right side of portrait: ""Feulard 1840.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Capt. Joseph Tucker

Maker

Feulard (Maker)

Location of Origin

Le Havre, France

Dimensions

6 (H), 5 7/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2480

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