Portrait #972

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Hickman, Colonel John James 1839-1902
  • Artist:Avent, Mayna Treanor 1868-1959
  • Date Created:ca. 1940s
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:39 x 33
  • Image Dimensions:32 x 27
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:19 October 2007
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Gentleman in a charcoal suit, white shirt and cravat tie. He has a temperance pin on his lapel. He is gazing directly at the viewer.
  • History:Commissioned by Katherine Engle-of her grandfather. He was a Colonel from Missouri for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The portrait was painted from a picture of Col. Hickman. It originally hung in Mrs. Engle's home until her death and is now in the home of his great-great-granddaughter.