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Portrait
#483
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Subject/Title:
| Litton, Joseph |
| Artist: | Cooper, Washington B. |
| Date Created: | 1846 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 42 x 37 |
| Image Dimensions: | 28 x 24 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 10/6/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | Rosy-cheeked man in black formal attire with high white collared shirt. His right hand is inserted into his jacket, "Napoleonic-style." His straight brown hair is parted in the middle. His eyes are light-colored, possibly blue. |
| History of Work: | Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation Center in the late 1980s. Working from a cast, the artist began the painting three days after subject's death. |
| Notes: | Subject born in Dublin, Ireland in 1778 and died in Nashville June 23, 1846. Subject was artist's father-in-law.
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