National Society of Colonial Dames of
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Portrait #626
Subject/Title: Overton, Judge John
Artist:Unknown (initialed "F.R." on back)
Date Created:1803-1804
Owner/Location:Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum
636 Farrell Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee 37220
Frame Dimensions:4 x 3.5
Image Dimensions:2.75 x 2.25
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:12/10/2004
Condition:Good

Description:A young man wearing a dark blue coat, gray vest and white shirt. The background is light blue. Waist-length and three-quarters right profile. He has brown hair.
History:Signed "F.R. 1803" and engraved on the back "Judge Overton 1804."
Notes:Donated to Travellers Rest by Mrs. James Murdock, great granddaughter of Judge Overton, in 1957.

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