Bust length, man in profile, black coat, blue vest, brown hair.
portraits
paintings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Pen script on reverse, center bottom: ""Dr. John Lummus, our/ great grandfather/ painted 1810./ Born Aug. 27 1790/ Married Dec. 1 1811/ Died 1836 aged 46./ E. Ahlborn"" Painted in script on reverse of frame, top, is ""Summer of 1810 [illegible]"" At lower right of picture is ""Nixon""
Dr. John Lummus
Nixon (Artist)
8.75 x 7.75 x 1.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Alice and Emil Ahlborn
1961.149
Massachusetts (United States)
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