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Watercolor Miniature Portrait

Date

1833

GUSN

GUSN-19409

Description

Miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory of Richard H. Tucker, I. Bust-length, depicting a middle-aged man in black jacket, beige vest and white shirt with vertical ribbing. All white high collars. 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 left side of portrait: ""Feulard 1833.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Capt. Richard Hawley Tucker

Maker

Feulard (Maker)

Location of Origin

Le Havre, France

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 5 x 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2481

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