Description:Waist-length nearly frontal view of a military officer in uniform of dark blue trimmed in gold. Jacket has 2 rows of eight gold buttons, epaulets and a high gold collar. A gold cord surrounds his neck and drapes down his right chest to attach to a button on his left breast, from which hang decorative ovals that reach his gold waist sash. He has brown eyes, a full head of dark hair, and is turned slightly to viewer's right.
History:Work was painted in Columbia, TN
Notes:Sitter was born in Nashville ca. 1798. He was commissioned in the Dragoons on 6/8/1836 and he died ca. 1842. He was a fur trader by profession.
