PORTRAITS AND PAINTERS O F THE GOVERNORS OF INDIANA 1 8 o o 1 94 3 By D E WILBUR . P AT Directo r o f the Jo hn Herro n Art M useum INDIANAPOL IS IN DIANA H ISTORICAL S OCI ETY 1944 THE LIBRARY 05 I INDIANA HI STORICAL SOCI ETY PUBLICATION S VOLUM E 14 NUMBER 3 CONTENTS The Collection Henr 1 80 0 - 1 8 1 2 William y Harrison , n . n . 0 Portrait by Barto S Hays , faci g p 39 1 80 0 - 1 80 1 1 8 1 2 - 1 8 1 John Gibson , Acting Governor , , 3 P t n n n n 0 or rait , Artist U k ow , faci g p . 39 1 8 1 - 1 1 8 6 . Thomas Posey , 3 n . n 0 Portrait by Joh B Hill , faci g p . 39 n n 1 8 1 6 - 1 82 2 Jo athan Je nings , n 0 Portrait by James Forbes , faci g p . 39 n 1 8-2 2 Ratli ff Boo , b n 8 Portrait y James Forbes , faci g p . 39 n 1 82 2 - 1 82 William He dricks , 5 P b . n 8 ortrait y S Burtis Baker , faci g p . 39 1 82 - 1 8 1 James Brown Ray , 5 3 n . 8 Portrait by Jacob Cox , faci g p 39 1 8 1 - 1 8 Noah Noble , 3 37 n . 8 Portrait by Jacob Cox , faci g p 39 1 8 - 1 8 0 David Wallace , 37 4 b n 0 Portrait y Jacob Cox , faci g p . 4 4 1 8 0 - 1 8 Samuel Bigger , 4 43 b n 0 Portrait y Jacob Cox , faci g p . 4 4 8 - 1 1 8 8 . James Whitcomb , 43 4 n 0 Portrait by James Forbes , faci g p . 4 4 - 1 8 8 1 8 . Paris Chipman Dunning, 4 49 b n . 0 Portrait y James Forbes , faci g p 4 4 1 8 - 1 8 Joseph Albert Wright , 49 57 n 08 Portrait by Jacob Cox , faci g p . 4 8 - 1 860 a 1 . Ashbel P rsons Willard , 57 n n 0 8 Portrait by George W . Morriso , faci g p . 4 n 1 860 - 1 86 1 Abram Adams Hammo d , n . n 0 8 Portrait by Joh B Hill , faci g p . 4 1 86 1 Henry Smith Lane , n 08 Portrait by Jacob Cox , faci g p . 4 t 1 86 1 - 1 86 Oliver Perry Mor on , 7 n 1 2 Portrait by James Forbes , faci g p . 4 1 86 - 1 8 Conrad Baker , 7 73 b n . 1 2 Portrait y James Forbes , faci g p 4 (385 ) 386 INDIANA HI STORICAL SOCIETY n 1 8 - 1 8 Thomas A drews Hendricks , 73 77 . P . n n 1 2 ortrait by William R Freema , faci g p . 4 1 8 - 1 880 James Douglas Williams , 77 n 1 2 Portrait by Harry M . Colcord , faci g p . 4 1 88 1 - 1 88 Albert Gallatin Porter , 5 n 1 6 Portrait by Theodore C . Steele , faci g p . 4 1 880 - 1 88 1 1 88 - 1 88 Isaac Pusey Gray , , 5 9 . n 1 6 Portrait by Theodore C . Steele , faci g p . 4 n n 1 88 - 1 8 1 Alvi Peterso Hovey , 9 9 n 1 6 Portrait by Theodore C . Steele , faci g p . 4 I C 1 8 1 - 1 8 ra Joy hase , 9 93 n 1 6 Portrait by Theodore C . Steele , faci g p . 4 1 8 - 1 8 Claude Matthews , 93 97 n 20 Portrait by Theodore C . Steele , faci g p . 4 n 1 8 - 1 0 1 James Atwell Mou t , 97 9 nn n . 20 Portrait by James M . De is , faci g p 4 1 0 1 - 1 0 Winfield Taylor Durbin , 9 9 5 n n 20 Portrait by Wayma Adams , faci g p . 4 - n 1 0 1 0 . James Fra k Hanly , 9 5 9 9 n n 20 Portrait by Wayma Adams , faci g p . 4 1 0 - 1 1 Thomas Riley Marshall , 9 9 9 3 n n 2 Portrait by Wayma Adams , faci g p . 4 4 1 1 - 1 1 Samuel Mo ffett Ralston , 9 3 9 7 n n 2 Portrait by Wayma Adams , faci g p . 4 4 n 1 1 - 1 2 1 James Put am Goodrich , 9 7 9 n n 2 Portrait by Wayma Adams , faci g p . 4 4 M cCra 1 2 1 - 1 2 Warren Terry y , 9 9 4 n n . 2 Portrait by Robert W . Grafto , faci g p 4 4 1 2 - 1 2 Emmett Forrest Branch , 9 4 9 5 n . n . 28 Portrait by Simo P Baus , faci g p 4 n 1 2 1 2 Ed Jackso , 9 5 9 9 n a n 2 . 8 Portrait by Robert W Grafto , f ci g p. 4 1 2 1 Harry Guyer Leslie , 9 9 933 . n n 28 Portrait by Robert W Grafto , faci g p. 4 M cNutt 1 - 1 Paul Vories , 933 937 P n n 28 ortrait by Wayma Adams , faci g p. 4 n 1 Maurice Cli fford Tow send, 937 Z n b n . n 0 Portrait y Cor elius C waa , faci g p. 43 n 1 1 He ry Frederick Schricker , 94 b n 0 Portrait y Marie Goth , faci g p. 43 n The Artists a d Their Subjects . PORTRAITS AND PAINTERS OF TH E GOVERNORS OF I NDIANA 1 80 0 - 1 943 T H E COL LECTION R MORE than seventy years the state o f Indiana has been e n n n le ti g pai ti gs . It has not acquired masterpieces of such rarity and worth as to arouse the jealousy o f museum O f ficials , but it has assembled in the State House a notable n group of portraits . There are forty ca vases , the likenesses of thirty-seven O f the thirty - eight men Who ' have served as chief n n n executive o f I dia a si ce it was made a territory . There are two pictures of three o f the governors , Jennings , Morton, and A Thomas . Hendricks . Except for the portrait of John Gibson , who was acting governor o f the territory on two occasions Of and is included in our list chief executives , the roster is complete to date . At present the portraits are displayed in the corridors on the fourth floor of the State House and in two o f the executive O f fices where they may be seen at any time . People throughout the state are aware of their existence but unfortunately few seem impressed with the scope or historical signi ficance o f the f n collection . Part O this i di fference may be due to the meager n information which is available about the painti gs , as well as n n n to the poor lighti g a d u satis factory places for their display . The intrusion of O ffice equipment i nto the corridors in recent n years has added othing to their effectiveness . A label attached to the frame o f each portrait gives the name of the subject and his term as chief executive . It does Of not carry, course , the name o f the artist nor the date o f the n n n painting , leavi g people to co clude that each was pai ted from ’ n li fe when the man was occupyi g the governor s chair . Recent no n investigation has shown that such was t the case . O ly t o O f n thirteen o f the portraits , the best our k owledge , were made duri ng the incumbency O f the subject ; the others deviate from ’ the men s terms in office by as little as a year or as much a s (387) 388 IN DIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY n n n n n in a ce tury , depe di g upo the obstacles encou tered securing adequate likenesses . n n n l A collectio of this ki d is importa t for severa reasons . Primarily it is a historical record or chronicle : it preserves the n and n n appeara ce , to a certai extent the perso ality of each of ’ n and n India a s chief executives , bei g a collection of large n n and n painti gs , it le ds dignity disti ction to their o ffice . As some of the portraits are the only known likenesses of the m en a , their document ry value is considerable . n n But the collection is signi ficant for a other reaso . It is n more tha an assemblage of faces . It represents the work of more than a dozen painters who lived and worked in Indiana at n and no t n n di ffere t times , while some of them are very well k ow today , others are ranked as our foremost artists . With the in growing interest American art , particularly that of the n n frontier regions , more atte tio is being given to the men who , however humbly, contributed to the rise of a native movement . The value of the collection to people interested in this phase n o n of the subject depends , quite aturally, up n their knowi g who n n made the portraits a d when the work was do e .