Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of an Unidentified British Man; verso: portrait sketch of another male sitter
Object Number:
1947.361
Date:
1839
Medium:
Black, white, and red chalk and black pastel on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 7 in. ( 20.3 x 17.8 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W.R. Miller 1839/Bishop Auckland"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "WR Miller 1839 / Bishop Auckland"; inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 2 ="
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The inscription "Bishop Auckland" refers to a town in County Durham, England, the area in which Miller was working before he immigrated to the United States.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriski
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.