National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #600
Subject/Title:
Morgan, Johnnie Hunt
Artist:Reinhard, B. F. (Reinhaus)
Date Created:1868
Owner/Location: John Hunt Morgan Museum
Lexington, KY
Hunt-Morgan House
Frame Dimensions:44 1/2 X 37
Image Dimensions:39 X 31 1/2
Materials/Media:oil on canvas
Date Documented:12/9/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Full length portrait of a girl seated on a grassy bank with flowers. Blue sky is seen overhead. She has blue eyes, reddish-brown curls, and a blue bow on top of her head. Her expression is very serious, and she is holding a bouguet of pink roses.
History of Work: Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation - Inscription reads "B. F. Reinhard (Reinhaus) Aug. t 17th 68"

The portrait of Johnnie Hunt Morgan was donated to the John Hunt Morgan museum in Lexington, Kentucky by Teenie Hooker Buchtel's son, John Buchtel, in 2007.
Notes: Sitter was the daughter of Mattie Ready and John Hunt Morgan.

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