Portrait of a Man

c. 1850

Glenalvin Goodridge

Associated Names
Glenalvin Goodridge
Artist, American, 1829 - 1867
The image depicts a man sitting with his right arm on a stack of three books on a patterned surface. His left hand is on his lap. The man has neatly-combed dark hair, smooth facial features, a high forehead, and light-colored eyes. He is dressed in a dark suit jacket, high-buttoned vest, white shirt with a high collar, and a dark bow tie. There is a watch chain on his vest. The background is plain. The image is framed in an ornate, gilded frame with a velvet lining.

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West Building, Ground Floor, Gallery G30

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Provenance

(The Thanatos Archive Store). Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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Inscriptions

hallmark lower right corner of plate: [six-petal flower] DOUBLE / J [lamb holding cross] P 40; on velvet lining inside of case, center stamped: G. J. GOODRIDGE / YORK PA; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014A2

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