Skip to main content

Nashville Public Library Digital Collections

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

Search by date:
from:
to
to:

Searching collections:

All Collections

Limit search to specific collections

Home

Nashville Public Library Digital Collection

Portrait of Joseph Thorp Elliston, ca. 1840

Reference URL

Share

Save to favorites

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Portrait of Joseph Thorp Elliston, ca. 1840

View Description

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Select the collections to add or remove from your search

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Select All Collections

N

Nashville Public Library's Digital Collections

OK

Cancel

Title	Portrait of Joseph Thorp Elliston, ca. 1840
Personal name	Elliston, Joseph Thorp, 1779-1856--Portraits
Topical entry	Popular Culture Business Capital City City Government Portraits, American--19th century Portraits--Tennessee--Nashville Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville Silversmiths--Tennessee--Nashville Jewelers--Tennessee--Nashville Clock and watch makers--Tennessee--Nashville Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	Joseph Thorp Elliston in his 60s, with grey hair and glasses. He is seated in a chair and is holding a walking stick or cane. Born in Virginia in 1779, Joseph Thorp Elliston was Nashville's first silversmith, jeweler, and watch and clock maker. Elliston apprenticed under Samuel Ayers of Lexington, Kentucky, from 1795 until 1799, when he moved to Nashville and opened his own shop. He was one of Nashville's five incorporators (1806), served as Nashville's fourth Mayor (1814-1817), was a trustee of McKendree Methodist Church, and was a founder of the Nashville Female Academy. He died in 1856, was originally interred at Nashville City Cemetery, and was reinterred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Oil on canvas. Presented to the Nashville Public Library in 1965 by Marcellus B. Frost in memory of Mrs. Mildred Buford Frost and her sisters Eleanor Buford Jones and Elizabeth Buford Shepherd, all Joseph Thorp Elliston's great-granddaughters. The portrait is currently not on display. The library's portraits were photographed as part of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee's Tennessee Portrait Project (http://www.tnportraits.org/index.htm).
Creator	Cooper, Washington Bogart, 1802-1889 (Artist)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Contributors	National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee
Date	ca. 1840
Type	Still Image; Portraits; Paintings
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	elliston-joseph-t-lg
Relation	Nashville Room Portrait Collection
Coverage	1840-1849
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed stacks