Portrait #1480

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Hull, Cordell
  • Artist:Eastin
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Cumberland University One Cumberland Square Lebanon, TN, 37087-3408 Web Contact: Cumberland University
  • Frame Dimensions:69 x 49
  • Image Dimensions:60 x 40
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:25 June 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Near-full-length of subject standing behind a high-backed maroon leather chair with his folded hands reasting on the back of the chair. He wears a blue suit, with white shirt and pocket handkerchief and a dark blue tie. His silver-grey hair is parted on his left and his head is turned to look at the viewer. There are plaques to his right and above him and an American flag to his left.
  • History:On display in Cumberland University's Memorial Hall
  • Notes:An 1891 graduate of the Cumberland University School of Law, Cordell Hull served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1933-1945. Hull is also known as “the father of the United Nations.”