Portrait of William F. Colcock by Annie Toomer Colcock of Beaufort SC , Artist and Author, daughter of South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, and politician William Ferguson Colcock (1804-1889). W.F. Colcock was a Attorney, Planter and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1830-1847.Colcock was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (1849-1853). He was a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution 1850–1853. He served as collector of the port of Charleston 1853-1865, serving first under the United States Government and subsequently under the Confederate States Government. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston in 1860. The oil on canvas portrait is not finished In gilt frame with linen liner. In frame 23 1/2"x27 1/2"x2". Weight 6 pds. PROVENANCE: The Colcock Family by descent

minor wear to frame, scuffs to paining