National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #53
Subject/Title: Unknown African-American man
Artist:Weeden, Howard
Date Created:ca. 1880-1890
Owner/Location:Private Collection
Frame Dimensions:18.5 x 15.5
Image Dimensions:9 x 7
Materials/Media:watercolor on paper
Date Documented:6/3/2003
Condition:Good
Description:Bust-length frontal of an older white-bearded African American man wearing a white shirt with a low collar and pink braces. His slouch hat has a matching pink hat band.
History:Purchased from a Murfreesboro woman through Elder's Bookstore, Nashville.

Artist was from Huntsville, AL.
Notes:Permission to reproduce by request only.

This is companion piece to portrait #54, "Unknown African-American woman."

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