Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853)
1801-1811
Scroll
Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853)
1801-1811
Physical Qualities
Oil on panel, Framed: 11 5/8 × 9 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (29.5 × 25.1 × 3.2 cm.)
Sight (including verre églomisé mount): 8 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (21.3 × 16.5 cm.)
Sight: 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (19.7 × 14.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Beverley Riggs
Object Number
2005.45
Portrait of Elisha Riggs of Baltimore, MD, facing left. Attributed to Jacob Eichholtz, oil on panel. Oval verre églomisé sight. Paired with a portrait of his brother, Romulus.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; John Beverley Riggs (1918-2006), Wilmington, DE, likely by descent
Riggs, John Beverley. "The Riggs Family of Maryland, A Genealogical and Historical Record Including a Study of the Several Families in England," The Lord Baltimore Press: Batlimore, MD, MCMXXXIX (1939), pp. 318-326 (includes portraits)
Johnston, Sona. K. American Paintings, 1750-1900, from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, MD: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983, p. 56, cat. 38
Angelo, Anne-Marie. "George Peabody and Slavery," Commissioned by the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, October 2023, pp. 12-22
Johnston, Sona. K. American Paintings, 1750-1900, from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, MD: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983, p. 56, cat. 38
Angelo, Anne-Marie. "George Peabody and Slavery," Commissioned by the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, October 2023, pp. 12-22
Inscribed: Frame, verso: UL: Label Loan 145.52, in graphite "Portrait of Elisha Riggs by Eicholtz" Center: Illegible writing in chalk, in graphite "Elisha Riggs 1779-1853" BRC: Label: "John Denues/Art Frame Studio/303 St. Paul Street Baltimore 8 MD"
