Description:Three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a wood chair. His legs are crossed with his body angled to his right. He is balding with gray hair and a gray mustache and his hands are folded in his lap. To his right is a wooden desk with books and papers.
History:Signed: LR: Carl Gutherz WDC 1897. The artist lived and worked in Memphis ca. 1860-1875. Painted while the artist lived and worked in Washington D.C. from 1896 to 1907. Morgan was the uncle of the artist's wife.
Notes:Senator Morgan was Alabama Isthmus Canal Advocate Provenance: Gift of the artist's son. - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. Goodheart Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.
