Gen. Gates P. Thruston - Tennessee State Museum

Tennessee State Museum

Record No:	72.43A
Subject:	Thruston, General Gates P.
Artist:	Calverty, Peter Ross
Date:	1912
Media:	Oil on ivory.
Dimensions:	3 X 3.50
Location:	TN State Museum 505 Deadrick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum

History:	This miniature is oval and is in an oval case. It is of a man in a brownish-gray coat, white shirt and dark tie. The subject has light hair and a moustache.
Notes:	General Gates P. Thruston (1835-1912), in the U.S. Army resigned in 1865. He married Ida Hamilton the same year. He practiced law, but was also a collector of Indian antiquities. He published Antiquities of Tennessee in 1890 and presented a collection of gems and minerals to Vanderbilt University in 1907. He also left a bequest to the Tennessee Historical Society. He founded the Nashville Museum of Arts.
Categories:	Portrait paintings; Art; Museums; Men.