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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
City of Knoxville - Mayor's Office - Knoxville, Tennessee | ||
Portrait #1386  |
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| Subject/Title: | Dempster, George R. | |
| Artist: | Knaffl | |
| Date Created: | 1951 | |
| Owner/Location: | City of Knoxville Mayor's Office Knoxville, TN 37902 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 29 x 35 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 23 x 28 1/2 | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas possibly over photograph | |
| Date Documented: | 15 May 2008 | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Dempster is facing three-quarter left; however, his head is turned and he is looking directly at the viewer. He is balding, and the hair that is visible is totally grey. He is wearing a dark suit, pocket handkerchief, white shirt, and grey-patterned with red necktie, and is half-smiling over a markedly cleft chin. |
| History of Work: | |
| Notes: | Mayor 1952-1955; Lived 1887-1964, Industrialist; Inventor (Dempster Sumpster); City Manager; Democratic Party Leader; humanitarian; born in Knoxville. |