Jane Evans Tevis

Jacob Eichholtz was an American portrait painter active in the early nineteenth century, known for his direct, unflinching likenesses of prominent figures in Pennsylvania and beyond. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a practice rooted in careful observation and restrained technical execution rather than romantic embellishment. His work documents the physiognomy and bearing of his era's political and mercantile elite with a clarity that prioritizes legibility over flattery.

Philadelphia