Portrait #711

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Trigg, John
  • Artist:attributed to one of the Coopers
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:large - in gold leaf frame
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Description:Three-quarter portrait of an older man facing and looking slightly left, although all the face is visible. He is wearing a dark coat and banded dark tie and has a white shirt with a stand-up collar. His hands rest in his lap, with the right hand on top of the left.
  • Notes:26 Dec. 1798-27 June 1863. Born in Sumner County, TN; died at Devils Elbow Plantation in Tipton County, TN; buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis. Married Elizabeth Bradley 13 Aug. 1821 in Williamson Co.