Artwork Details
- Title
- Portrait of a Boy
- Artist
- Date
- 1868
- Location
- Dimensions
- 18 3⁄8 x 16 1⁄4 in. (46.8 x 41.3 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ralph A. Kreimer
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Portrait male — unidentified — child
- Object Number
- 1975.41.1
Artwork Description
Charles T. Webber worked in a Cincinnati portrait gallery where clients had the option of having their portrait painted from a photograph or from a sitting with the artist. Photographs from this period generally show the sitters posing with solemn self-consciousness for the slow-moving camera equipment. In contrast, the animation, charm and pleasant disposition that this portrait conveys suggest that Webber painted the boy from life.