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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Vanderbilt Collection - Kirkland Hall | ||
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| Subject/Title: | David Kirkpatrick Wilson | |
| Artist: | Ann Street | |
| Date Created: | 1991 | |
| Owner/Location: | Vanderbilt University | |
| Frame Dimensions: | ||
| Image Dimensions: | 31" x 39" | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, Mr. Wilson is seated resting hands on legs. |
| History of Work: | This portrait was commissioned by Vanderbilt's Board of Trust in 1991. It hangs in Kirkland Hall on the campus. |
| Notes: | A 1941 alumnus of Vanderbilt University, David K. Wilson was a co-founder of the Cherokee Insurance Company in 1946 serving as its president until 1968 when the Cherokee Equity Corp. over which he became, and remains, chairman. He became a Trustee on the Vanderbilt Board of Trust in 1963 and served as its president from 1981 - 1991. David K. Wilson Hall, a Vanderbilt classroom building, was named in Mr. Wilson's honor in 1991. |