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Portrait of General Samuel P. Carter (Union)
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Portrait of General Samuel P. Carter (Union)
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File Name
shades_tsm_0005.jpg
Creator
Shaver
,
Samuel
Title
Portrait
of
General
Samuel
P
.
Carter
(Union)
Date
ca.
1861
Genre
Paintings
Material/Technique
Oil on canvas
Description
Portrait
of a
dark-haired
,
bearded
man
in
young
middle
age
,
wearing
the
uniform
of a
United
States
Brigadier
General
. He
is
shown
in
half-figure
,
seated
next
to a
marble-topped
table
,
holding
a
sword
across
his
lap
with his
left
hand
and a
cap
in his
right
.
Historical note
This
portrait
of
Samuel
P
.
Carter
(1818-1891)
,
who
was
born
in
Elizabethon
, in
upper
East
Tennessee
, and
graduated
from the
United
States
Naval
Academy
,
shows
him as a
Union
general
at the
beginning
of the
Civil
War
.
Carter
,
who
had
taught
mathematics
at the
Naval
Academy
, was a
natural
leader
. He was
granted
a
special
appointment
by the
U.S
.
Army
to
organize
a
regiment
of
loyalists
in
East
Tennessee
. His
brother
,
William
B
.
Carter
,
helped
to
organize
the
November
1861
bridge
burning
campaign
in
East
Tennessee
in
order
to
stymie
Confederate
forces
moving
through
the
state
during
the
first
year
of the
war
.
Artist
Samuel
Shaver
(1816-1878)
was
one
of
East
Tennessee's
best-known
portrait
painters
.
Subject
Carter
,
Samuel
Powhatan
,
1819-1891
--
Portraits
;
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865
Theme
Walking a Fine Line
Story
Artists Overview
Christopher Haun
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Elizabethon
Time period
1860-1869
Rights
Images
reproduced
on this
website
are
intended
for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
the
Tennessee
State
Museum
.
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jpg
Contributing Institution
Tennessee State Museum
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,145
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