National Society of Colonial Dames of
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Tennessee State Museum
Record No:
86.92
Subject: Plunket, James O.
Artist: Hergesheimer, Ella Sophonisba
Date: Between 1907-1923
Media: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: Frame 46 X 39.50
Location: TN State Museum
505 Deadrick Street.
Nashville, TN 37243
Web Contact: TN State Museum

History:

This portrait done in pastel colors, is of a man sitting in a chair reading a book. There is a jar on a table and book shelves behind. It is signed by the artist in the lower left of the painting.
Notes: James O. Plunket (1838-1923) M.D. was the first head of the Department of Public Health.

Categories: Portrait paintings;Men; Physicians.
   

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