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Portrait #113
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| Subject/Title: | Gordon,
(Capt.) William |
| Artist: | Earle,
Ralph E.W. or William Edward West (?) |
| Date
Created: | ca.
1836-1837 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 36
x 32 |
| Image Dimensions: | 30
x 24 |
| Materials/Media: | oil
on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 6/11/2003 |
| Condition: | Good |
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| Description: | Waist-length
nearly frontal view of a military officer in uniform of dark blue trimmed in
gold. Jacket has 2 rows of eight gold buttons, epaulets and a high gold
collar. A gold cord surrounds his neck and drapes down his right chest to
attach to a button on his left breast, from which hang decorative ovals that
reach his gold waist sash. He has brown eyes, a full head of dark hair,
and is turned slightly to his right. |
| History: | Work
was painted in Columbia, TN |
| Notes: | Sitter
was born in Nashville ca. 1798. He was commissioned in the Dragoons on
6/8/1836 and he died ca. 1842. He was a fur trader by profession.
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