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Portrait #29
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Subject/Title:
| Baxter,
Nathaniel, Jr. |
| Artist: | Naegle,
Charles Frederick |
| Date
Created: | ca.
1939 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 49
x 40 |
| Image Dimensions: | 40
x 31 |
| Materials/Media: | oil
on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 6/11/2003 |
| Condition: | Good |
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| Description: | Seated
three-quarter right profile of older man in business attire. He wears a dark
suit with a white handkerchief slightly visible in the breast pocket. His
silver hair is straight and receding. His silver handlebar moustache is thick. |
| History of Work: | Although
there has been some confusion over who painted this portrait, a letter from W.
B Cooper in the owner's possession indicates that Naegele, not Cooper,
painted this portrait. |
| Notes: | Sitter
was Speaker of the Tennessee Senate. Born 11/18/1844 in Columbia, TN. Died
9/29/1918 in Nashville.
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