Johnnie Hunt Morgan

Painting

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NSCDA-TN

Name/Title

Johnnie Hunt Morgan

Entry/Object ID

Morgan, Johnnie Hunt

Description

Full length portrait of a girl seated on a grassy bank with flowers. Blue sky is seen overhead. She has blue eyes, reddish-brown curls, and a blue bow on top of her head. Her expression is very serious, and she is holding a bouquet of pink roses.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

John Hunt Morgan Museum Lexington, KY Hunt-Morgan House

Made/Created

Artist

Reinhart, Benjamin Franklin, 1829-1885

Date made

1868

Conservation

Notes

Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation

Provenance

Notes

The portrait of Johnnie Hunt Morgan was donated to the John Hunt Morgan museum in Lexington, Kentucky by Teenie Hooker Buchtel's son, John Buchtel, in 2007.

General Notes

Note

Subject, 1866-1888, Wife of Rev. J. W. Caldwell and only Child of CSA Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready Died of typhoid fever soon after marriage to Rev. Joseph W. Caldwell Did have one sister, who died shortly after her birth a number of years earlier.

Create Date

September 15, 2026

Update Date

September 15, 2026