Jacob L. Fox
SubjectPortrait of
Jacob Louis Fox
(American, 1856 - 1936)
ArtistFrom the Studio of
CJ Fox Portraits
(American, founded 1887)
Date1920-1950
MediumOil on canvas; gold gilt, gesso and wood frame
DimensionsFrame (length x width): 31 3/4 x 26 5/8in. (80.6 x 67.6cm)
Primary Dimensions (sight length x sight width): 29 1/4 x 24 1/2in. (74.3 x 62.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Richard Koopman
Object number1985.161.0
DescriptionBust length portrait of Jacob Louis Fox (1856-1910) shown in 3/4 profile wearing a dark three-piece suit, white shirt and red patterned tie. The subject appears to be in his sixties with thinning hair and a moustache.
Collections
The portrait of Jacob L. Fox may have been painted by Leo Fox while he was in Connecticut working in the 1930s. It may also have been painted from a photograph as a posthumous commission for G. Fox & Co. to commemorate the sesquicentennial in the 1940s. The artist is no known relation to the subject. (Notes from a telephone conversation with James Fox on 2/23/2009, E. Blakelock)
Status
Not on viewColonel Louis Richmond Cheney