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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Belle Meade Plantation |
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Portrait
#1160 |
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| Subject/Title: |
Enquirer | |
| Artist: | Stull, Henry | |
| Date Created: | October 1879 | |
| Owner/Location: | Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205 website |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 27” x 32.5” | |
| Image Dimensions: | 18.5” x 24” | |
| Date Documented: | 24 September 2007 | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on Canvas | |
| Condition: | Fair | |
| Description: | Painting of Enquirer, by Henry Stull, shows the horse in full length facing left in a field. Two white barns and hills are shown in the distance. While the foreground in the portrait is brown and green, the sky is blue. Enquirer was a bay stallion with a small star and one left hind sock, his tail in this portrait is painted long. |
| History of Work: | Frame is foliate-molded giltwood and gesso molding with brass plaque inscribed, “Enquirer/By Imp. Leamington – Dam Lida.” From the W. H. Jackson estate. The artist Henry Stull was a Canadian artist from Ontario who studied anatomy at a local veterinary clinic, early in his artistry career to aid in painting various animals. Generally, Stull would initially sketch the image and then go back to paint at his New York City apartment. |
| Notes: | Enquirer was a bay stallion by Leamington out of Lida by Lexington. The stallion was bought for $10,000 by Gen. W.G. Harding in July 1879. Location: West Side Hall |