Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Portrait |
Title |
John Cabell Breckinridge |
Catalog Number |
1914.24 |
Creator |
Clark, Maurie William |
Date |
1880-1890 |
Material(s) |
Paint/Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-37.5 W-32.5 D-2 inches |
Description |
This bust portrait of John Cabell Breckinridge is signed in the lower right - M.W. Clark/Artist. The subject has dark brown hair, a light brown moustache, and grey eyes. Breckenridge is wearing a grey-green double-breasted tunic with gilt buttons, with a grey collar with gold insignia (Confederate General), a white shirt, and a black tie. The background is a grey-brown with a red chair. |
Notes |
The date of the subject, John Cabell Breckinridge, is between 1860 and 1865, during his Civil War service to the Confederate States of America. According to the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) website, Maurie W. Clark was painting Kentucky subjects between 1880 and 1890. This painting closely resembles a studio image of Breckinridge (See the glass plate negative in the collections of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Call# LC-B813- 1325 A [P&P] LOT 4213). |
Collection |
General P.P. Johnston Collection |
Event |
American Civil War |
People |
Maurie William Clark Breckinridge, John Cabell |
Subjects |
Portraits Portrait paintings Military officers Government officials |
Search Terms |
American Civil War Civil War |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |