Portrait #1369

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Murphy, John Paul
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:Unknown
  • Owner/Location:City of Knoxville Mayor's Office Knoxville, TN 37902
  • Frame Dimensions:Approx. 30 x 35
  • Image Dimensions:Approx. 21 x 26
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:15 May 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Bust-length of older gentleman with short greying hair and a red handlebar moustache. He is facing forward but looking to his left and to the right of the viewer with bright blue eyes. His dark coat is over a white high-collared shirt and his black four-in-hand tie, ornamented with a pearl pin, extends below the points of his collar.
  • Notes:Mayor 1904; Lived 1857-1925, Lawyer; Sate Legislator; born in Bulls Gap; served on the Knoxville Board of Aldermen for 26 years; acting mayor in 1904.