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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Portrait Miniature - James Reeve Gould (1803-1830)
Object Number
1919-04-2
Description
3/4-length portrait of man; brown hair, blue eyes. Hair is long, subject has sideburns. Wears a black coat with high collar, wide lapels, and puffed sleeves. Tan stippled background, shading to brown. Frame: heavily enameled in black, the whole mounted in box covered with blue velvet.
Comment
This is a portrait of James Reeve Gould, the son of Judge Gould. It had been wrongly assumed that it was the Judge; however, in 1823, Gould would have been 53 years old, and the image in the miniature is of a much younger man. James Reeve Gould (1803-1830) attended the Litchfield Law School in 1824. He later practiced law in Augusta, Ga.
Category
Date Made
September 19, 1823
Dimensions
3 3/16" x 2 5/8" oval
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
