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Portrait of Romulus Riggs, 1782-1846
Public Domain

Jacob Eichholtz

Portrait of Romulus Riggs, 1782-1846

1801

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Jacob Eichholtz

Portrait of Romulus Riggs, 1782-1846

1801

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
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; John Beverley Riggs (1918-2006), Wilmington, DE, likely by descent

Inscribed: Frame, verso: In chalk: "Uncle Romulus"

Artist

Jacob Eichholtz

1775–1841

American, 1776-1842
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