Justin Morgan, Jr.

Drawing

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Vermont Historical Society

Justin Morgan

Name/Title

Justin Morgan, Jr.

Entry/Object ID

1979.10.12

Description

Oval portrait of a man wearing a suit with oval wire-rimmed glasses pushed up on his forehead. He has short, dark hair swept back from his face and dark eyes. He is wearing a high-necked suit consisting of a dark jacket, vest, and cravat and a white shirt.

Type of Drawing

Pastel

Artwork Details

Subject Person

Morgan, Justin, Jr. (1786-1853)

Acquisition

Accession

1979.10

Source or Donor

Brown, Mary Clifford (1891-1988)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1850

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Drawing

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Unframed

Height

29 in

Width

24 in

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

36 in

Width

31 in

Depth

3 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Justin Morgan, Jr., ca. 1850 Pastel on Paper Gift of Mary Clifford Brown, 1979 Son of the Randolph teacher and musician who introduced the Morgan horse, Justin Morgan, Jr., was born in 1786. He was a storekeeper in Stockbridge, represented that town in the 1840 legislature, and was Windsor County senator in 1844.