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George Patten, Portrait of a Man with Initials J. G., ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a copper pendant case; hair in basketweave pattern with gold initials inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 4.4 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1961.13.1
George Patten, Portrait of a Man with Initials J. G. (verso), ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a copper pendant case; hair in basketweave pattern with gold initials inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 4.4 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1961.13.1
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George Patten, Portrait of a Man with Initials J. G., ca. 1820

Artist George Patten (English, 1801–1865)
Title Portrait of a Man with Initials J. G.
Object Date ca. 1820
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Copper pendant case; hair in basketweave pattern with gold initials inset into reverse and mounted under glass
Dimensions 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 4.4 x .6 cm)
Credit Line Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1961.13.1

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4540

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by December 1961;

Their gift, through the Starr Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO, to the Philbrook Art Center, now Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, December 1961.

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George Patten, Portrait of a Man with Initials J. G., ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a copper pendant case; hair in basketweave pattern with gold initials inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 4.4 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1961.13.1
George Patten, Portrait of a Man with Initials J. G. (verso), ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a copper pendant case; hair in basketweave pattern with gold initials inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 4.4 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1961.13.1
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