West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia Portraits Collection
A&M 0030
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Summary: 33 items
ca. 1845-1960
An artificial collection composed of portraits in the West Virginia University Libraries and West Virginia and Regional History Center of historical West Virginia subjects dating from approximately the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Includes portraits of political and military figures, and West Virginia University presidents.
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
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Special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Portraits Collection, A&M 0030, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection composed of portraits in the West Virginia University Libraries and West Virginia and Regional History Center of historical West Virginia subjects dating from approximately the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Includes portraits of political and military figures, and West Virginia University presidents. Some of these paintings have been transferred to the WVU Art Museum.
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Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Art and artists
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
title: Howard Mason Gore; artist: Z.E. Talbert; medium: oil/canvas; size: 42 x 34; notes: WV GovernorArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1517451930title: Dr. Simon Bollivar Chandler; artist: Raymond Stoker; medium: oil/canvas; size: 27 x 20; notes: WVU Gross Anatomy ChairmanArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1517461957title: Nelson Evans Whittaker; artist: Morgan Rhees; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 22; notes: Whittaker Iron Works, WheelingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151747ca. 1900title: John Roscoe Turner; artist: Bertha Fanning Taylor; medium: oil/canvas; size: 42 x 31; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1517481944title: Portrait of a Woman; artist: Bertha Fanning Taylor; medium: oil/canvas; size: 30 x 23; notes: Mrs. J.R. Turner (?)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151749ca. 1944title: Alexander Glass [1854-1941]; artist: B. Gordon; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 22; notes: Wheeling Steel ExecutiveArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151750ca. 1940title: Thomas E. Hodges; artist: Williams; medium: oil/canvas; size: 27 x 22; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151751ca. 1920title: Colonel Richard Ellsworth Fast; artist: [George?] Kossuth; medium: oil/canvas; size: 30 x 24; notes: WVU Professor of American History and Political ScienceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151752ca. 1922title: Henry Gassaway Davis; artist: Peter Dieterich; medium: oil/canvas; size: 30 x 25; notes: US SenatorArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1517531913title: General Joseph E. Johnston ; artist: Thaddeus B. Welch; medium: oil/canvas; size: 25 1/4 x 21 1/4; notes: Confederate GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151754ca. 1865title: James Madison Byrnside [1814-1873]; artist: Mrs. Joseph Cherard; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: Monroe County, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151755ca. 1850title: Elizabeth Peters Byrnside [1816-1868]; artist: Mrs. Joseph Cherard; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: Mrs. J.M. ByrnsideArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151756ca. 1850title: Samuel Grove Chadwick [or French Ensor Chadwick?]; artist: David Gilmour Blythe; medium: oil/canvas; size: 36 x 27; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151757ca. 1850title: French Ensor Chadwick; artist: J.A. Cook; medium: watercolor/paper/canvas; size: 27 x 20 1/2; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1517581885title: Waitman T. Willey; artist: David Gilmour Blythe; medium: oil/canvas; size: 36 x 27; notes: US Senator, Father of WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151759ca. 1850title: Mrs. Waitman T. Willey [?]; artist: David Gilmour Blythe; medium: oil/canvas; size: unknown; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151760ca. 1850title: Jackson Family portrait, male; artist: American school; medium: oil/canvas; size: 30 x 25; notes: Harrison County, George W. Jackson estateArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151761ca. 1845title: Jackson Family portrait, female; artist: American school; medium: oil/canvas; size: 30 x 25 1/4; notes: Harrison County, George W. Jackson estateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151762ca. 1855title: Woman in Red Dress/Robe; artist: Unknown; medium: oil/canvas; size: 24 x 20; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151763ca. 1870title: Man with Beard and Bowtie; artist: Unknown; medium: oil/canvas; size: 29 5/8 x 24 7/8; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151764ca. 1880title: Alexander Martin; artist: Unknown; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 22; notes: WVU's 1st PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151765ca. 1870title: General Thomas J. Jackson; artist: American School; medium: oil/canvas; size: 25 1/2 x 21 3/8; notes: Civil War GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151766ca. 1863title: George W. Jackson; artist: W.H. Anderson; medium: pastel; size: 22 1/2 x 17 1/4; notes: Jackson Fuel Company, ClarksburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151767ca. 1960title: Mrs. George W. Jackson; artist: W.H. Anderson; medium: pastel ; size: 21 1/2 x 17 1/4; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151768ca. 1960title: Mary Jackson; artist: Robert R. Young; medium: oil/canvas; size: 24 x 20; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151769ca. 1960title: Julie Jackson; artist: Robert R. Young; medium: pastel; size: 18 x 23 3/4; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151770ca. 1960title: Portrait of a Young Woman ; artist: Eleazer H. Miller ; medium: oil/canvas; size: 24 x 20; notes: n/aArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1517711897title: Daniel B. Purinton; artist: Robert S. Meryman; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151772ca. 1920title: Thomas E. Hodges; artist: Robert S. Meryman; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151773ca. 1920title: Eli Marsh Turner; artist: Robert S. Meryman; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151774ca. 1920title: James L. Goodknight; artist: Robert S. Meryman; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151775ca. 1920title: Jerome Hall Raymond; artist: Robert S. Meryman; medium: oil/canvas; size: 28 x 24; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151776ca. 1920title: William Lyne Wilson; artist: Flavius J. Fisher; medium: oil/canvas; size: 30 x 25; notes: WVU PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/151777ca. 1895