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Portrait of James Alfred Oldshue

Object number86.1.280

Artist Austin C. Wooster (1838 - 1916)

Date1885

MediumOil on canvas

Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection

DescriptionFramed oil painting. Bust portrait of man with dark hair and a beard. He is wearing a black suit with white collar and black and yellow tie. The background is green-gray. Frame is a copper color.Dimensions34.4999 x 29.4999 in. (87.6 x 74.9 cm)
SignedLower right corner: A.C. Wooster/1885
MarksLabel on back removed and in file.
Historical NotesThis painting was donated to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania in April 1972 by John A. Robertshaw, Sr. James Alfred Oldshue was a well known Pittsburgh physician and the first police surgeon in Pittsburgh. His father Lincoln Oldshue was also a physician.

Related person James Alfred Oldshue (1858 - 1890)

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