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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Out of State | ||
Portrait #1095  |
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| Subject/Title: | Branner, George Arthur | |
| Artist: | Shaver, Samuel M. |
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| Date Created: | ca. 1861 | |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection | |
| Frame Dimensions: | 78 x 53 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 71 x 46 | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 18 January 2008 | |
| Condition: | Fair | |
| Description: | Subject is standing facing three-quarter right with a top hat in his right hand and his left hand resting on a green cloth-covered table. There is a rose chair just behind him, a column to the far left of the painting and what appears to be a view out a window or possibly a landscape painting just to the right of the column. The subject is wearing a black suit, sateen vest, black tie and white shirt. He has a moustache and his collar-length dark hair is parted low on his left. |
| History of Work: | Painted at Mossy Creek, Tennessee (now Jefferson City) about 1861 by Samuel L. Shaver |
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