Portrait of Nicholas Shelton Masters
Accession #:
1924-02-1
Category:
Images of People
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creator:
Ralph Earl (1751-1801)
Date:
1796
Held at:
Litchfield Historical Society
Size:
Painting: 48 1/4" x 36"; Frame: 50 3/4" x 38 1/2"
Description:
Oil on canvas portrait of Nicholas Shelton Masters, (1759-1796), 3/4 length image of a man seated, facing right, in a red upholstered side chair, his hands on his lap holding a letter. Receding brown hair tied in back and brown eyes. Wears a blue jacket with brass buttons, white waistcoat, ruffled white shirt, black bow tie, white breeches, with buckles. To the left a red drapery, to the right an open window w/landscape.
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