Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Wilkins, The Honorable William
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  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1825-1830
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:33 1/4 x 36 (original)
  • Image Dimensions:27 1/4 X 24 1/8
  • Materials/Media:oil on fabric
  • Date Documented:2007
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:State portrait, because he is not looking at the viewer. Cravat and fancy hairdo of Jacksonian period.
  • History:Provenance through Tannehill and Berry family
  • Notes:Born Carlisle, PA Dec. 20, 1779; Died in Pittsburgh, PA 1865. Married Matilda Dallas. Judge of US Court Western PA; US Senator 1831; Minister to Russia 1834-35 (Appointed by Andrew Jackson); Secretary of War under Tyler 1844-45