This portrait of long-time Selma resident and future vice president William Rufus King was painted in 1839 by George Cooke. A noted portraitist, Cooke was a favorite of Alabama industrialist Daniel Pratt, who built a special gallery attached to his home just to house Cooke's paintings.
William Rufus King
Photo courtesy of the Philanthropic Society, Phi Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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