Description: Bust of young man looking directly at the viewer. His dark hair is parted on his right and curls up above his ears. He is facing three-quarter left, and he wears a black coat and tie and white shirt. The background is clouds with some blue sky visible.
History:In pencil on the back "Painted by John W. Dodge of New York City"
Notes: John Kirkman was the son of Thomas Kirkman and Eleanor Jackson Kirkman of Nashville. He was first married to Catherine Hobson McNairy and second to Maria Adelaide Washington.
