James Phillip Maury

Painting

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NSCDA-TN

Name/Title

James Phillip Maury

Entry/Object ID

Maury, James Phillip

Description

Waist-length three-quarter right profile of a young man dressed in a black jacket, plain white starched shirt and black neck scarf. He has brown eyes and short brown hair combed to his right. The length of his hair comes to the middle of his ears and one lock is lightly separated on his forehead, which is high. He has brown eyes. No flesh is visible save his face

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1870

General Notes

Note

Sitter was born in 1804 and died in 1875 He was postmaster at Franklin, TN in 1844 under Polk administration. He was the son of Abram Maury and Martha Worsham Maury.

Create Date

August 7, 2026

Update Date

August 7, 2026