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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Tennessee Portrait Project
Portrait #223 |
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| Subject/Title: | Gaither, Horace | |
| Artist: | Cooper, William | |
| Date Created: | ca. mid-1800s | |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection | |
| Frame Dimensions: | 48 x 37.5 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 35 x 28 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 1/13/2004 | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | A man approximately 40 years of age seated in a red chair with black wood in three-quarters right profile. His light brown wavy hair is receding, but is long over his ears and he has long, thick sideburns extend down to his jaw line. He is formally dressed in black with a white shirt, black tie, red stick pin, and an overly large black top coat. |
| History: | Was cleaned by Cumberland Art Conservation. |
| Notes: | Subject
lived in Natchez and was married to Varina Banks Staton (Gaither), portrait #
224, at "Cherokee" in Natchez on 2/19/1852. They lived on a
plantation called "Arnaudlia" in Louisiana, south of Vidalia. |