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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Vanderbilt Collection - Kirkland Hall | ||
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| Subject/Title: | A.L.P. Green 1806 - 1875 |
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| Artist: | Unknown | |
| Date Created: | unknown | |
| Owner/Location: | Vanderbilt University | |
| Frame Dimensions: | ||
| Image Dimensions: | oval 16" x 13" | |
| Materials/Media: | appears to be oil painted over photograph on hardboard | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Oval portrait of Mr. Green in a black suit with a white shirt and black bowtie. |
| History of Work: | Portrait was a gift to the University in 1970 from Bruce I. Crabtree, great grandson of A.L.P. Green. It now hangs in Board of Trust lounge in Kirkland Hall. |
| Notes: | Born in East Tennessee, Alexander Little Page Green was a preacher and circuit rider serving Methodist congregations thoughout the Tennessee Conference. Uneducated himself, he became a champion in the movement to establish a Methodist university in Nashville. His dream was realized in the founding of Vanderbilt University. He was actually the Treasurer (1872 - 1875) of the first Board of Trust which was formed under the charter for the Central University before the actual founding gift was given by Cornelius Vanderbilt. |