Portrait #1746

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Molloy, Ferdinand
  • Artist:Cooper, William Brown
  • Date Created:ca. 1870
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:32 1/2 x 29
  • Image Dimensions:23 1/2 x 19 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:21 October 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Bust-length of man with very receding hairline, dark sideburns and a dark handlebar moustache. He is wearing a dark coat, white high-collared shirt, and a black bow tie. He looks directly at the viewer.
  • Notes:Major Ferdinand Molloy was on General Beauregard's staff during the Civil War. He was a Quartermaster Officer. He was born 17 April 1835 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and died 6 November 1874 in Memphis, Tennessee.