Name/Title
PaintingEntry/Object ID
GHS 1072Description
Miniature portrait of Charles J. Wister 1820-1910. Dark brown wood frame, oval shaped black mat, Oval shaped miniature of a man with gray hair and a full beard on his chin but no mustache. The sitter wears a black jacket and bow tie, a striped vest and a white shirt, gray background.
Engraved on back, "Charles J. Wister 1820-1910" Label - "Charles Jones Wister (1822-1910). First President of the Germantown Historical Society. Mr. Wister never remarried. He lived at the family homestead, Grumblethorpe."Made/Created
Date made
1890 - 1910Place
* Untyped Place
USA, PhiladelphiaDimensions
Height
7-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 inDepth
5/8 in