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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #144 |
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| Subject/Title: | Cocke, John | |
| Artist: | MacKenzie,
F. J. |
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| Date Created: | 1929 | |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection | |
| Frame Dimensions: | 37 x 32 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 29 x 24 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 7/14/2003 | |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | Bust-length three-quarter right profile of a man in dark suit and white shirt with a white bow tie. He has ruddy cheeks and hair parted over his right eye. The background is dark, as is the overall palette of the work. |
| History: | This
work is a copy of a portrait housed in Knoxville. The detail was done to assist the owners in restoring the original. This copy may lighten upon cleaning. |
| Notes: | Subject
was "major general in the Army, Congressman, state senator, and
lawyer." He was born in 1772 and died in 1854. |