Portrait of Elijah Ryner Tyson (1780-1873)

Art

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Portrait of Elijah Ryner Tyson (1780-1873)

Entry/Object ID

1996.21.1

Description

3/4 length portrait of Elijah Ryner Tyson. Sitter has white hair and brown eyes and wears a white shirt with up-turned collar and knotted cravat. Dark jacket with lapels. Dark ground. Frame is moulded with beading around interior edge, gilded. Label: LANDON ART CO./ PICTURE/ GILDERS/ Expert Framers/ 2418 Ridge Avenue, Phila, PA" Handwritten on reverse, "Elijah Ryner Tyson/ Born 1775 to 1785/ Died 1873" Also part of article about Tyson. See photo and original in file.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

USA, Philadelphia, possibly Germantown

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Width

16 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

General Card Catalogue: TYSON- 17 entries Beehive Index: I, 1 p.6; III, 2, p.2; V 5, p.2 Keyser, Naaman H. History of Old Germantown, 1907 pgs 29, 37, 96 Hocker, Edward W. Germantown 1983-1933, 1933 pgs 10, 17, 27, 30, 33, 59 Germantown Crier 1987 39(2):38-41 1987 39(3): 67

Provenance

Notes

Donated by Florence S. Haslein Normandy Farm Estates, Box 1108, Apt. B212, Blue Bell, PA 19422. September 18th, 1996 Donor is descendant of sitter- see notes in object file.