(Gentleman Posing with His Hand on a Tree Stump), (sculpture).

(Gentleman Posing with His Hand on a Tree Stump), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Gentleman Posing with His Hand on a Tree Stump), (sculpture).

Granite on granite base.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. W. 24 in.; Base: 5 in. x 4 ft. x 2 ft.

Standing figure of a man dressed in late 19th century attire, including a thigh-length jacket, vest, high-necked shirt, and trousers. He has a full beard and moustache and leans with his proper left hand on a tree stump. With his proper right hand he holds the lapel of his jacket. His proper left leg is slightly bent and forward, with the toe of his proper left foot extending beyond the edge of the base. The base is a low flat semi-circle of granite. The sculpture is installed under an open roof.

Portrait male -- Unidentified -- Full length

Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga

Holiday Inn, 1400 Market Street, Chattanooga Choo-Choo Complex, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402

Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.

This statue was purchased at an antique store by Allen Casey, a developer of the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Complex. It is thought to be a pre-Civil War statue that may have been a portrait of a factory owner and which would have stood on the factory grounds.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.

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