Portrait #1179

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Harding, Thomas
  • Artist:Williams, John Insco
  • Date Created:1860
  • Owner/Location:Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205
  • Image Dimensions:36” x 29”
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:21 December 2007
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:A half-length portrait shows Thomas Harding, brother of Belle Meade Plantation's original owner, John, as a mature man with white hair, black coat, waistcoat, and bowtie with white shirt. His left arm is propped up on ledge, while red drapery hangs in background. Signed in lower right hand corner.
  • History:The artist John Insco Williams lived between the years of 1813-1873.
  • Notes:Brother of John Harding, the founder of Belle Meade Plantation Location: Textiles Room