John I. Cox - Tennessee State Museum

Tennessee State Museum

Record No:	76.30
Subject:	Cox, John I.
Artist:	Branson, Lloyd
Date:	Before 1907.
Media:	Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:	Frame 42.50 X 36.50
Location:	TN State Museum 505 Deadrick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum

History:	Painted by Lloyd Branson of Knoxville, TN, the portrait is of a man's head and shoulder, full front. The subject has a handle-bar moustache, a high white collar, black tie with a cravat knot, stick pin, black vest and coat with a Shriner's pin in the lapel. The portrait was presented by the subject's friends in 1907.
Notes:	John Isaac Cox (1857-1946) served in the State House of Representatives (1893 and 1915), State Senate (1900-1905 and 1907-1911),and as Governor of TN (1905-1907).He died near his home near Bristol, TN in 1946.
Categories:	Portrait paintings; Politicians; Governors; Men.