Owner/Location:Travellers Rest Historic House Museum 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 website
Frame Dimensions:46 x 37
Image Dimensions:36 x 27.5
Materials/Media:oil on canvas
Date Documented:12/10/2004
Condition:Good
Description:Waist-length of a thin, older man with white hair formed in a widow's peak. His white shirt collar is barely visible beneath his high-collared black coat.
History:Originally attributed to Washington Cooper, but now believed to be the work of a Middle Tennessee portrait painter whose work has been documented, but who has yet to be identified. Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation Center in 2004. Donated to Travellers Rest by Lucien C. Simpson in 2000.
Notes:Born in 1773 to Genl James White, founder of Knoxville and Mary Lawson White. He was the second of nine children born to the Whites. His sister Mary McConnell married Judge John Overton of Nashville. In his Will, Judge Overton named White as guardian of his three children. He was married to Elizabeth Carrick and they were the parents of eleven children.White was U.S. Senator from Tennessee and candidate for president in 1836. His candidacy split the Democratic party in Tennessee and gave birth to the Whig party in Tennessee He died in 1840 at the age pf 67.
