Washington Bogart Cooper

Washington Bogart Cooper
Self-portrait (1885)
Born(1802-09-18)September 18, 1802
DiedMarch 30, 1888(1888-03-30) (aged 85)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting placeMount Olivet Cemetery
OccupationPainter
SpouseAnn Litton
ChildrenJames Cooper
James Litton Cooper
Kate Cooper
Joseph Litton Cooper
RelativesWilliam Brown Cooper (brother)

Washington Bogart Cooper (September 18, 1802 – March 30, 1888) was an American portrait painter, sometimes known as "the man of a thousand portraits".[1][2][3]

  1. ^ James Hoobler, "Washington Bogart Cooper," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
  2. ^ Estill Curtis Pennington, Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802–1920 : Featuring Works from Filson Historical Society, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2011. ISBN 9780813126128. p. 122
  3. ^ Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi, 1720–1980, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1998, p. 70 [1]