Anna Claypoole Peale
Portrait of a Gentleman called Edward Sheegog

Portrait of a Gentleman called Edward Sheegog

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Portrait of a Gentleman called Edward Sheegog
ArtistAmerican, 1791–1878
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portrait of a Gentleman called Edward Sheegog
Date1839
PlacePhiladelphia, United States
MediumWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsPanel: 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (5.7 × 4.4 cm)
 Mount: 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 3/8 in. (7 × 6.4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of James Deegan
Object number2016.250
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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceBy descent, through Sheegog/Keller family; Collection of G. Vernon Diab, Lousiville, Kentucky; [Elle Shushan, Philadelphia]; purchased by James Deegan, Houston, 2008; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on the backing paper, “Painted by/ Mrs. A.C. Staughton/Phila/1839.”
Signed and dated on backing paper: Painted by \ Mrs. A. C. Staughton \ Philada \ 1839.

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