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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #111 |
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| Subject/Title: | McDonald, Angus | |
| Artist: | Hankins, Cornelius | |
| Date Created: | unknown | |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection | |
| Frame Dimensions: | 35 x 28 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 26 x 20 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 6/11/2003 | |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | Waist-length three-quarter right profile of a man in Revolutionary War uniform. Jacket is blue with red and gold trim and epaulets. He has silver straight hair that comes to his jawline and his eyes are blue. |
| History: | This is a copy of miniature--artist unknown-- painted about 1775. A cousin of the owner has this original work. |
| Notes: | Sitter was an immigrant to Virginia in 1746 and was a Lt. Colonel in the Virginia Militia in 1774. A record of his immigration plus other information can be found in "Never Say Die: The Glengarry McDonalds of Virginia" by Julia Davis. An image of his great-grandson, Hunter McDonald, is also on this site. |