History:Self-portrait of Washington B. Cooper painted in 1885. Frame and portrait in very good condition.
Notes:Washington Bogart Cooper (1802-1888) painted this self-portrait in 1885. He had no formal training as an artist, yet he is known as "the man of a thousand portraits." According to his account books, he averaged 35 to 40 portraits for the years 1837-1846. The Tn Historical Society commissioned Cooper to paint many prominent citizens including every Governor of TN except Joseph McMinn and Andrew Johnson.
