Uncle Alfred from the Hermitage

National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

		Portrait #750
Subject/Title:	Uncle Alfred from the Hermitage
Artist:	Unknown
Date Created:	ca. 1885-1890
Owner/Location:	Private Collection
Frame Dimensions:	NA
Image Dimensions:	36 x 24
Materials/Media:	oil on canvas
Date Documented:	12/6/2005
Condition:	Fair

Description:	Unfinished nearly full-length seated portrait of an African American man with grey hair holding a walking stick in his left hand. The background is red.
History of Work:	Bought ca. 1960 from the subject's family at a price they set of $25.00. Restored by Ned Crouch.
Notes:	Subject was a Hermitage house servant who lived there until 1901. He was the first tour guide of the home after the Jackson descendants departed it.