Painting

Title:

Paul Rolfe

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1979.020.12

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

circa 1790

Description:

Miniature portrait of Paul Rolfe (1770-1819), unknown artist, c.1790. Watercolor on ivory. Sitter has long gray hair; blue eyes. Wearing a light blue coat with brass buttons, white cravat, and white shirt frill held in place by an oval gold brooch. Crosshatched gray background. Lozenge shaped gold case, beaded bezel, border of engraved swags on reverse; fitted for use as either brooch or pendant, glazed.

Material:

Skeletal
Ivory
Metal
Glass

Dimensions:

H-1.8 W-1.1 inches

Provenance:

Part of the "Rumford Collection" of portraits and other works of art relating to Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, and to his daughter Sarah, Countess Rumford. Upon the Countess' death in 1852 in Concord, NH, she bequeathed her "pictures" to her first cousin once removed, Joseph Burbeen Walker, from whom they descended to his grandson Sheafe Walker (the legator).

Credit Line:

Bequest of Sheafe Walker

People:

Walker, Joseph Burbeen (1822-1913), Walker, Sheafe (1888-1978), Walker, Charles R. (1852-1922), Rolfe, Paul (1770-1819)

Subjects:

Rolfe, Paul, Miniatures (Paintings), Miniatures, Portraits, Portrait miniatures