Portrait #1629

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Polk, Leonidas (1806-1864)
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1830-1850
  • Owner/Location:St. Peter's Episcopal Church Columbia, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:47 x 46 1/2
  • Image Dimensions:41 x 40 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:29 July 2008
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Rectangular portrait of Episcopal priest and First Bishop of Louisiana Leonidas Polk. Subject seated in Gothic red upholstered chair. He wears priest's vestments with white surplice, black stole and two-part white collar. Left hand holds upright book. Right hand rests on right leg. Mottled brown background with pillar at right background.