Portrait #1188

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:McKendree, Bishop William
  • Artist:Holly, Cass
  • Date Created:March 2004
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:31 x 27
  • Image Dimensions:19 x 23 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:16 February 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Subject facing three-quarter left of viewer, wearing black coat with collar open in front but rises to earlobes. White shirt with white scarf. Subject has brown eyes and dark but greying hair.
  • History:Painting copied from engraving in Robert Paine's biography of William McKendree
  • Notes:Born 6 July 1757 - Died 5 March 1835. Elected first American Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church in 1808. He served in the Revolutionary War.