Painted portrait of James Hervey Otey

Item

Legacies Classification
Memorial Artwork
Memorial Type
Visual Work of Art
Memorial Context
Enslaver
Memorialized Subject
Otey, James Hervey
Title
Painted portrait of James Hervey Otey
Background and Context
This portrait of James Hervey Otey, first Episcopal Bishop of Tennesee, is among the historical portraits of the founders and officials of the University of the South hanging in Convocation Hall.
Physical Description
Oil on canvas. Framed size: 49.5" x 39.5".
Creator/Participating Person(s)
Washington Bogart Cooper (1802-1888)
Date created, installed or dedicated
1885
Historical Period
1865-1890: Emancipation, Reconstruction and Resistance to Reconstruction
Campus Location
Convocation Hall
Location: Institution, City, State
University of the South; Sewanee, Tennessee
Learn More About this Subject
Washington Bogart Cooper
https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/27938993
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