Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853)
1801
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
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"
