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  • Record No:1.833
  • Subject/Title:Sanders, Newell
  • Artist:Newman, Willie Betty
  • Date Created:ca. 1925.
  • Owner/Location: TN State Museum 505 Deadrick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum
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  • Image Dimensions:25 X 30
  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas.
  • History:Portrait subject is an older, caucasian male wearing a dark jacket, white shirt and collar. The portrait was given by the family in 1925 to the State Library and it was accepted by John Trotwood Moore.
  • Notes:Newell Sanders was born and educated in Indiana. He came to Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1877. He was a manufacturer of agricultural implements and was on the Board of Directors for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad. He served in the U.S. Senate 1912-1913.
  • Categories:Portrait paintings; Men; Politician; Railroads.