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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
City of Knoxville - Mayor's Office - Knoxville, Tennessee | ||
Portrait #1374  | ||
| Subject/Title: | Morton, Ben A. | |
| Artist: | Dodamead, T. Emile | |
| Date Created: | 1929 | |
| Owner/Location: | City of Knoxville Mayor's Office Knoxville, TN 37902 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 30 x 35 1/2 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 22 x 27 | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 15 May 2008 | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Subject is facing three-quarter right with his head facing forward and his gaze toward his left. His full, greying hair is parted on his left, and he has a full moustache and dark eyebrows. His dark suit has a white pocket handkerchief and is over a white shirt, white vest and dark four-in-hand. |
| History of Work: | |
| Notes: | Mayor 1924-1927; Lived 1875-1952, Grocery Jobber; capitalist; civic leader; born in Blount County. |