Description:Three-quarter length view of subject seated in an armchair facing three-quarter right with his head turned to look directly at the viewer. His curly light-brown hair appears to be parted on his right, and he is wearing a dark blue suit over a white shirt and blue and gold striped tie. His arms are on the chair arms and his hands are relaxed over the end of these arms with white cuffs showing beneath the sleeves of the suit coat.
History:Artist was from St. Louis, Missouri. Painted at the subject's home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.