Portrait #1692

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Ledbetter, William (Civil War Captain)
  • Artist:Flisher, Edith (not signed)
  • Date Created:ca. 1910
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Image Dimensions:20 x 16
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  • Materials/Media:Oil
  • Date Documented:10 September 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Bust length of subject's left profile. His dark coat opens to reveal a white ruffled shirt with high collar; his hair is brown and falls to mid-ear and nearly to his collar; and the background is mottled in muted golds and browns.
  • History:Work created by Edith Flisher ca. 1910 from a daguerreotype
  • Notes:Great grandfather of owner. Subject born 21 April 1831; Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died 15 July 1906 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.