Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Romulus Riggs, 1782-1846
1801-1811
Scroll
Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Romulus Riggs, 1782-1846
1801-1811
Physical Qualities
Oil on panel, Framed: 11 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (29.2 × 24.8 × 3.2 cm.)
Sight (including verre églomisé mount): 8 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (20.8 × 16.5 cm.)
Sight: 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (16.5 × 13.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Beverley Riggs
Object Number
2005.46
Portrait of Romulus Riggs (1782-1846) of Baltimore, MD, facing left. Attributed to Jacob Eichholtz, oil on panel. Oval verre églomisé sight. Paired with a portrait of his brother, Elisha.
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. 369-371
Angelo, Anne-Marie. "George Peabody and Slavery," Commissioned by the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, October 2023, pp. 12-22
Angelo, Anne-Marie. "George Peabody and Slavery," Commissioned by the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, October 2023, pp. 12-22
Inscribed: Frame, verso: In chalk: "Uncle Romulus"
