Portrait of Thomas Gillespie
Object number90.69.4
MediumOil on canvas; Wood; Paint
Credit LineEstate of Elizabeth Wray Wunder Firuski
DescriptionFramed oil painting. Bust portrait of a child with dark eyes and dark hair. The shoulders are bare with a small drape of white material showing below the child's left shoulder. Oval gilt frame embellished with flowers at top, bottom, and sides.Dimensions30.9999 x 27.4999 in. (78.7 x 69.9 cm)MarksPaper label on back of painting: J.J. Gillespie/ company/ FINE ART/ GALLERIES/ PAINTINGS/ ETCHINGS/ MEZZOTINTS/ ENGLISH/ ANTIQUES/ FOUNDED 1832/ 639 LIBERTY AVE. / PITTSBURGH
Postal label on back of painting: Thomas Gillespie/Son of J.J. Gillespie
Historical NotesPortrait of Thomas Gillespie, son of John Jones "J.J." Gillespie and Eleanor Moore Gillespie. The Gillespie Family was a prominent western Pennsylvania family whose members intermarried with other prominent families, including the Magee, Wray, and Darr families. This painting was donated by his great niece, Elizabeth Wray Wunder Firuski.
Related person
Thomas Gillespie
(died 1886)
Related person
John Jones Gillespie
(1815 - 1886)
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c. 1840
Edwin Garnet Riley
