Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
George Trenholm |
Catalog Number |
0985.14.00035 |
Date |
1892 |
Description |
Oil on canvas portrait painting of the subject in a frontal pose. The back of the canvas is inscribed with the following, "Honorable George Alfred Trenholm / Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of / Hon. Jefferson Davis / President of the Confederate States of America / From Photogr. by John Stolle, Charleston S. C. 1892." |
Material |
paint (oil); textile (canvas); wood |
Dimensions |
H-34 W-29 inches |
Owner Regiment |
Secretary of the Treasury, CSA |
Made |
John Stolle |
Provenance |
George Trenholm served as Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States of America from July 18, 1864 until its fall in April 1865. The portrait was painted by John Stolle in 1892 from a photograph. |
People |
Trenholm, George Alfred |
Search Terms |
Confederate States Treasury |
Subjects |
Treasuries |