Portrait #40

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Claiborne, (Maj.) Thomas
  • Artist:Earl, Ralph E. W.
  • Date Created:ca. 1825
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:42 x 37.5
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 25
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:6/3/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frontal waist-length seated portrait of a man in formal dress with a blue jacket with buttons down both sides and a white shirt. He is seated in a red upholstered chair.
  • History:Purchased from Elder's Bookstore in Nashville in the original frame. Companion to Mrs. Thomas Claiborne. Exhibited in Tennessee State Museum's "Portrait Painting in Tennessee," 1988
  • Notes:Sitter was the first leader of the Masonic Lodge in Nashville, TN. Permission to reproduce by request only.