1837
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Nathaniel Olds is a 1837 unspecified by Jeptha Wade, a American Folk Art work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man wearing unique glasses with four tinted lenses. The glasses have two hinged side shields, which were typically worn to protect eyes from light, dust, or wind. This style was often used during travel, earning them the name carriage or railroad spectacles. Check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to learn more about this portrait and its interesting details.
Nathaniel Olds’s glasses have four tinted lenses, two of which are hinged side shields. This style was typically worn to protect sensitive eyes from excessive light, dust, or wind. Due to their occasional use during open-air travel, they were sometimes referred to as carriage or railroad spectacles. The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon became one of Cleveland’s wealthiest industrialists. His grandson, Jeptha Wade II, was a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art and donated the land upon which it stands as a Christmas gift to the city in…
This painting has a distinguished history inspiring Halloween costumes in the Cleveland area.
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Jeptha Homer Wade (August 11, 1811 – August 9, 1890) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and one of the founding members of Western Union Telegraph.
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