McCrary & Branson Cabinet Card Showing Lloyd Branson
This cabinet card depicts celebrated Knoxville artist Lloyd Branson.
Dates
- undated
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This cabinet card depicts celebrated Knoxville artist Lloyd Branson.
Biographical/Historical Note
Enoch Lloyd Branson was born in Union County, Tennessee in 1853 but spent most of his life in Knoxville. He began his artistic career in 1871, when he exhibited at the East Tennessee Division Fair and earned favorable notices. Branson moved to New York in 1873, where he studied at the National Academy of Design. He earned a scholarship that allowed him to travel to Europe during 1875, and he returned home to Tennessee in 1876. Branson's talent and training soon made him a prominent local artist and he earned a number of awards, including a medal at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta (1885) and a gold medal at the Appalachian Exposition for Hauling Marble (1910). From 1885 to 1903, Branson and Frank McCrary operated the McCrary & Branson photographic studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Lloyd Branson died on June 12, 1925.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Mrs. John M. Allen Sr. donated this image to Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository