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Portrait #335
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| Subject/Title: | McNairy, John Sim |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date Created: | ca. 1845 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
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| Frame Dimensions: | 45 x 37 |
| Image Dimensions: | 35 x 27 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 3/14/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Almost knee-length seated view of a man with a receding hairline dressed in grey pants, buttoned white vest and shirt, black tie and unbuttoned dark grey coat with 3 brass buttons visible. His right thumb is inserted into his pants pocket and his left arm rests on a book lying on a table. The chair back, visible on the left, is red. |
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| Notes: | Subject (1812-1849) is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery. He was in a position of authority at what was/became Central State, a facility on Nashville's Murfreesboro Road for mentally ill people.
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