Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Portrait |
Title |
Robert M. Martin |
Catalog Number |
1953.1 [dup1] |
Date |
1865-1901 |
Material(s) |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-30.125 W-25.125 D-0.813 inches |
Description |
This is an oval bust portrait of Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Martin by unknown artist. The portrait depicts a younger man with deep blue eyes, light brown wavy hair and a Van Dyke beard. He is wearing a white collared shirt buttoned with a small golden button and a blue military jacket on top. This jacket has three rows of rounded golden buttons running down the front. There are three golden star buttons on the jacket's collar indicating military rank. The subject is sitting in front of a brown wash background. |
Notes |
Lt. Colonel Robert M. Martin, 10th Cavalry C.S.A, born in Greenville 1940, Col. Martin would be recorded as an active and bold confederate officer under Colonel N. B. Forrest, Adam B. Johnson and eventually General Morgan. He was known and for his raids and exploits as well as an attempted fire raid on New York City in 1864. After the war, and his release from prison, the unreconstructed Martin worked in the tobacco warehouse industry, in both Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, eventually moving to New York where he died in 1901. He is also remembered by the mysterious circumstances of his death and the death of his daughter Oceania "Ocey" Martin Snead. |
Media Links |
Martin Biography |
Collection |
A. R. Wilson Collection |
Event |
American Civil War |
People |
Martin, Robert Maxwell |
Subjects |
Art Civil wars Men Military leadership Military life Oil paintings Painting Paintings Portrait paintings Portraits |
Search Terms |
Civil War Military Greenup County (Ky.) New York |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |