Portrait #802

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Thomas, Elizabeth
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington Bogart
  • Date Created:circa 1862
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:49 by 53
  • Image Dimensions:44 by 33 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:A young woman with dark hair. Dressed in black. resting her arm on a column. and holding an ivory fan (which the owner has to accompany the portrait).
  • Notes:Her maiden name was Elizabeth Thomas and she married Major John Wilson Thomas who was president of the Tennessee Centennial as well as president of the NC&StL. Railroad. She died before the Centennial and is buried at Mt. Olivet.