National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee















Portrait #93
Subject/Title: May, James Francis
Artist:Cooper, Washington B.
Date Created:1843
Owner/Location:Private Collection
Frame Dimensions:39 x 34
Image Dimensions:29 x 24
Materials/Media:oil on canvas
Date Documented:7/8/2003
Condition:Fair

Description:Waist-length three-quarter right profile of a man in a black suit and tie and white shirt. His dark straight hair is parted to the left of his left eye. A light running stain approximatley a foot long grazes his left cheek.
History:Work is documented in the Cooper book. A copy also exists.
Notes:Subject was born 4/30/1796 in Hawkins County, TN and died 8/18/1856. Sitter was the son of Dr.Francis and Mary May.

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