Owner/Location:Travellers Rest Historic House Museum 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 website
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:30.25 x 25
Materials/Media:oil on canvas
Date Documented:12/10/2004
Condition:Fair
Description:Waist-length portrait of a man with thick curly brown hair. He is dressed in a shirt and tie, gray vest, and black coat. His high collar is pulled up around his neck.
History:Donated to Travellers Rest by Lucien C. Simpson in 2000.
Notes:Born in 1802, the second son of Dr. Francis and Mary McConnell White May. Known as Jack, he never married. He lived with his brother James Francis May who died in 1843. He spent time in the Memphis area and is said to have been a Mississippi riverboat gambler and the
