Description: WILLIAM S. WOODMAN (AMERICAN, B. 1842)
Portrait of William Thomas
Oil on board, unsigned, artist biography to verso. Portriat of William Thomas, Chairman of the Board of MacMurray College from 1863-89, name plaque to verso. This portriat was cut from a larger canvas which was torn in 1946.
Artist: Trained at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, moved to Jacksonville, IL in 1870, did some portriature of Jacksonville gentleman including William Thomas and Jacob Stawn, moved to Wichita, KS in 1871. Image: 22"h. 18.25"w. Frame: 26"h. 22"w.