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Portrait of Joseph Tucker

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1845

GUSN

GUSN-20031

Description

Three-quarter length, frontal, standing portrait of a man, Joseph Tucker, Jane Tucker's great uncle. The man has light brown hair and brown eyes and is wearing a black jacket, black bow tie, and green, purple and red vest. One arm is leaned up on a shelf of some sort and the other hand is poised on his hip. George Washington pin on front of shirt. Mounted in an elaborate 4 in. gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Picture
Portrait
Oil on Canvas
Portrait

Inscription

Painted in bottom left corner: ""Feulard 1845./ au Havre""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Capt. Joseph Tucker

Maker

Feulard (Maker)

Location of Origin

Le Havre, France

Dimensions

38.75 x 32.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.276

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