Tie One On
One of our recent posts for “Throw-Back Thursday” was a guide to ties and cravats, many of which we’ve seen on our portraits.
We can make a timeline of our portraits by using the various styles of neck-wear through the ages. The older portraits have much more elaborate cravats than do the more contemporary portraits.
Here are some of the more flamboyant gentlemen in our collection. Please click the link to find our more about the portrait.
Rembrandt Peale, an early Baltimore painter, who did the portraits of Harris and Hayden, was a master at painting these cravats. You can see the sheerness of the cloth, as well as every crimp and fold.
To read a piece I wrote about the various styles of facial hair on our portraits, please click here.
