Oil painting of Thomas Livezey in an ornately decorated gilt wooden frame with flower, leaf, and acorn motif. Bust portrait of a man identified as Thomas Livezey. Sitter has graying hair brushed forward onto his face. Thick sideburns continue under jaw and chin. He wears a black jacket and bow tied cravat. White shirt with an up-turned wing collar. Chain around neck for watch. Green background. By George Frederick Bensell (1837-1879).
Label states, "Thomas Livezey (1800-1884) and Anna Louise Livezey (dates unknown). SOn of John Livezey...
Artwork Details
Medium
Wood, oil on canvas
Made/Created
Artist
Bensell, George Frederick
Date made
1860 - 1875
Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Notes
Author: Bensell, George Frederick
Dimensions
Height
28-3/8 in
Width
25 in
Depth
2-1/2 in
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Family Files ( Livezey)
Beehive Index
Photo File (Livezey)
Smith, Charles H. The Livezey Family: A Geneological and Historical Record, 1934
Publications of the Geneological Society of PA v.III p. 10
PA Magazine of History and Biography v. XII p. 366/ v. XXXIII, p. 367
Germantown Crier March 1950 (2) 1, p. 9
Archives File (Livezey)
Family File (Bensell)
GermantownCrier Vol 14, No 3, p. 101
Philadlephia Sketch Club
Provenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book #2427.1, "November 1969. Two oil portraits of Thomas Livezey and his wife, Anna Louise Phillips. Married November 29th, 1836. Paintings by George F. Bensell. Presented by Thomas Livezey Laughlin Jr. of Cleveland.
See GHS 2425.2- portrait of Anna Louise Livezey (wife of sitter)
provenance and geneology correspondence in file.
