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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Memphis, Tennessee | ||
Accession #68.11.134  |
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| Subject/Title: | Portrait of Senator John T. Morgan | |
| Artist: | Carl Gutherz, American (b. Switzerland), 1844-1907 | |
| Date Created: | 1897 | |
| Owner/Location: | Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | Currently unframed | |
| Image Dimensions: | 43 1/2" x 58" | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 31 May 2008 | |
| Condition: | Poor, on an unstretched canvas | |
| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a wood chair. His legs are crossed with his body angled to his right. He is balding with gray hair and a gray mustache and his hands are folded in his lap. To his right is a wooden desk with books and papers. |
| History of Work: | Signed: LR: Carl Gutherz WDC 1897. The artist lived and worked in Memphis ca. 1860-1875. Painted while the artist lived and worked in Washington D.C. from 1896 to 1907. Morgan was the uncle of the artist's wife. |
| Notes: | Senator Morgan was Alabama Isthmus Canal Advocate
Provenance: Gift of the artist's son. - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. Goodheart Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only. |