Portrait #1352

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Emerson, Thomas
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:Unknown
  • Owner/Location:City of Knoxville Mayor's Office Knoxville, TN 37902
  • Frame Dimensions:30 x 34 1/2
  • Image Dimensions:21 x 28 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:15 May 2008
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Waist-length of subject facing front and looking directly at the viewer. His long greying hair reaches to the collar of his dark suit-coat, and he is wearing a bloused shirt with a loosely tied scarf instead of a cravat.
  • Notes:Mayor 1816-1817, Lived 1773-1837. First mayor of Knoxville, judge, and editor. Born at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia