Jacob Eichholtz
Elisha Riggs
c. 1807
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
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; John Beverley Riggs (1918-2006), Wilmington, DE, likely by descent
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"
