"Mr. Goerge Lott"

Date1819

MediumWatercolor and Ink on wove paper

Dimensions4 7/16" x 3 1/2" (11.2 cm x 8.9 cm)unframed; Framed: 7 1/2" x 5 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959.300.8

DescriptionHalf-length, profile portrait of man seated at table. He is wearing a black coat with lapel outlined with brown edges; modeling of coat in brown also. White vest, collar and tie all outlined in blue. Black hair and delineation of facial features with strong black outline to face. He is seated in a yellow Windsor side chair with his left arm resting on a stimulated table top showing graining in brown and black on the top but presumably draped on the sides with a pink cloth with wavy bottom edge. He holds a ruler (yellow) in his left hand before him. Inscription at bottom.
Label TextAlthough no histories accompany these delightful pro¬files of a couple known only by name, the ruler depicted in George Lott's outstretched hand provides a clue to his profession. The combination of half-length and full-length poses and the imaginative framing of this pair give them a degree of individuality not often shared by comparable inexpensive likenesses created by profes¬sionals in the early nineteenth century.
MarkingsIn ink in script in the lower margin of the primary support is "Geo Lott 1819." No watermark found.
ProvenanceArthur J. Sussel, Philadelphia, PA; Robert Carlen, Philadelphia, Pa.