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