Portrait #293

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:McNairy, (Judge) John
  • Artist:Unknown (itinerant?)
  • Date Created:early 1800s
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:36 x 30
  • Image Dimensions:33 x 27
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/8/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Full-length in an outdoor setting of a man in black suit and tie with top hat in his left extended hand. Buttoned white vest reveals a trim waist. His right hand rests on his right hip. He has sandy-colored hair and a receding hair line. His left leg is casually crossed over his right. Large rocks and a green tree are at his left.
  • Notes:Subject (1762-1837) was the first judge of the Mero district of NC (later a portion of Middle Tennessee). He brought Andrew Jackson to Tennessee as a prosecuting attorney. He is the great-great-great-uncle of the owner.