Portrait #1547

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Wright, Douglas Massey
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1885
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:23 1/2 x 19 1/2
  • Image Dimensions:19 1/2 x 15 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Pastel
  • Date Documented:July 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Blue-eyed young boy with wavy, blonde, should-length hair, wearing a smocked dress with a lace collar.
  • Notes: Born 27 March 2882 in Washington D. C.; raised in Washington; graduated from Vanderbilt; married Margaret Eakin Fall of Nashville 17 November 2906 and resided in Nashville through his adult life. He died 27 March 1882 in Palm Beach, Florida after suffering a stroke during a visit to his daughter. He is the grandfather of the current owner of the portrait.