Portrait #511

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Tappan, Benjamin S.
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington Bogart
  • Date Created:mid 1800s
  • Owner/Location:Grand Lodge of TN Free & Accepted Masons 100 7th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37203 615-255-2625
  • Frame Dimensions:45 x 38
  • Image Dimensions:36 x 28
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:9/30/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Dark silvery grey beard and thick hair. Black suit and tie; white shirt. Black Masonic stole with 5 visible stars supports the compass emblem which hangs at the waist. Suggested sunset or dawn in dark background.
  • History:Restoration in 2011 sponsored by the Restoration Fund. The artist, Washington Bogart Cooper, was commissioned to paint most of the Grand Masters, which explains the approximate date of Claiborne's portrait.
  • Notes:Masonic years 1834-1835.