TN Miniature Portrait of Man,...

gallery giers death following calvert pinxt nashville tennessee ebenezer portrait worked oval likely partner employment descendant armstrong estate otto watercolor ivory white took miniature 1855-1931 photography brother source farm attributed 1850-1924 owned early beard decorated silk 1832 1877 arriving galleries paintings miniatures william taught encyclopedia painted depicting late receding dark hair dressed gray suit black collar blue case purchased operated 1883 leased emil koellein james patterson eventually born yorkshire setting studio pastels crayon drawings advertising piece descended sarah hunter hicks green historic devon inscription verso hinged england downtown calverts giers/hicks photos available pencil 1878 housed note peter studied immigrated america 1870s area brothers documentation family provenance higher-resolution www.caseantiques.com