Portrait #340

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:McGavock, (Gen.) Randal
  • Artist:Dury, George (attrib.)
  • Date Created:ca. 1863-64
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:47 x 41
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 23.5
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:3/18/2004
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Waist-length oval of man in a CSA 3-star general's uniform. He has red hair and a full red beard. Subject is turned to hide the fact that his right ear had been cut off.
  • Notes:Subject was mayor of Nashville 1857-58. He lived for a time with Mr./Mrs. James K. Polk at their home at 7th Ave. & Union. He was married and left the next day for the war and died never to see his wife again. He was in his early 30s at the time of his death.