Accession #RS93.3.2

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Portrait of John George Baxter, Jr.
  • Artist:George Dury, American, (1817-1894)
  • Date Created:1871
  • Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200
  • Frame Dimensions:42 1/2" x 37 1/4"
  • Image Dimensions:29.975" x 25"
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:31 May 2008
  • Condition:Good-Fair
  • Description:Elbow-length portrait of a man angled towards the right. He is wearing a white collared shirt with a black coat and a black tie. The man has receding hair and a long gray beard. The frame encloses the portrait in an oval shape.
  • History:Signed verso LRC: G Dury 1871. Artist worked in Nashville.
  • Notes:Sitter was a former mayor of Louisville. Provenance: It is believed that the donor is a descendant of the sitter. - Bequest of Donna Blair Wooldridge Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.