Portrait #472

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Kenner, Duncan Farrar
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1884-1887
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:30 x 25
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:10/15/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Three-quarters right waist-lenght of an older man, balding, with white sideburns, chin hairs all the way under the jawline and tufts above the ears. He is dressed in formal attire, with a white pleated shirt with high collar. His blue eyes have heavy lines and bags around them. He is seated in a red chair, partially visible on the right.
  • History:Done from life. Could have been painted in New York or New Orleans.
  • Notes:Subject was well-known in Louisiana as a CSA diplomat, legislator, and planter.