Portrait #1146

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Kashmir “Cashmere” Goats
  • Artist:Scott, Thomas
  • Date Created:1860
  • Owner/Location:Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205
  • Frame Dimensions:29 1/2 x 39 1/5
  • Image Dimensions:24 x 34
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on Canvas
  • Date Documented:16 November 2007
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Painting depicts two long haired goats facing each other, with an impressionistic, misty background. The largest goat is on the right. There are tiny pin holes in the goats’ eyes.
  • History:Thomas Scott was a British artist who came to America in 1831 and died in 1888.
  • Notes:General William Giles Harding kept Kashmir goats on his property at Belle Meade as an investment. Location: Farm Office