Jonathan Lucas, III

Art

Historic Charleston Foundation

Jonathan Lucas

Origformat: digital; Resolution: 200

Name/Title

Jonathan Lucas, III

Entry/Object ID

1999.3.1

Description

Portrait of Jonathan Lucas III, rice planter, born 1800, died 1848, Charleston, South Carolina. Artist Unknown (Attributed to John Wesly Jarvis (1800-1848), American, first half of 19th cent. Oil on canvas. Half length size, depicting young man seated mid-right area of canvas, with left arm resting on table, having brown wavy hair parted on the right side with whispy curls on high forehead, brown brows, light brown eyes, straight nose, strong chin, rosy cheeks and full lips: subject wearing plain dark coat having rolled collar and covered buttons; sheer jabot, white shirt with collar above stock; dark to light brown, yellow to peach color ground, upper left having landscape with full moon. Canvas is very dark with many repairs. Signature of painter not present, probably cut off.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Canvas

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1999.3.

Source or Donor

Griffin, Ms. Paisley

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Griffin, Ms. Paisley

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1825 - 1848

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Inventors

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

99.5.1

Dimensions

Height

29-5/8 in

Width

24-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Frame: H: 36.5"; W: 31.75"; D: 2.5" Stretcher: 30.25", W: 25.25"; D..875"

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 27, 2004

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Relined on new stretcher and over cleaned; overall alligatoring and much inpainting, repair to right lower cheek near mouth area, right-mid center near chest triple stepped tear, curved gash and irregular circular tear repaired, canvas has wrinkled right lower area near stretcher. (08/27/99) Alot of damage to canvas, alligatoring, old gouges, repair to canvas, canvas wa relined, buckling at left and right edges, subsequent flaking . Backed with corruplast 3/2/04.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Lucas, Jonathan

General Notes

Note

Notes: photo in file

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 8, 2002

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 26, 2023