Portrait of James Mix
c. 1820
19th Century
29 7/8 in. x 25 1/2 in.
Unidentified Artist,
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mr and Mrs Edward Burd Grubb, Jr.
Accession Number:
1971.34.2
A portrait of James Mix (b. 1793) of Watertown, Connecticut. He is wearing a dark jacket, a yellow waistecoat, and a high, white stock. He sits in a yellow, fancy chair. James Mix was a cloth dresser, a lock and clock manufacturer, and a soldier in the War of 1812.