Portrait of John Magee, Whistler, Alabama

Details

AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of John Magee, Whistler, Alabama
watercolor on paper
13½x10¼in.

Provenance

John Magee, Whistler, Alabama
Joseph Lyle Magee, Jackson, Tennessee (son)
John Magee (son)
John S. Magee (son)
Present Owner

Lot Essay

According to tradition, the Magee Plantation still stands in Whistler, Alabama. John Magee, the subject of this portrait, is buried in the family plot at Magee Plantation. A John Magee, born in Mobile, Alabama about 1800 and married to Mary Lyle (b. 3 August 1804) is listed on https://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

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