Portrait of William Still
Portrait of William Still
Portrait of William Still

Portrait of William Still

Object number2012.42.1
MediumPencil; Paint; Wood; Paper; Glass; Metal
Credit LineGift of Charles T. Wright
DescriptionFramed multi-colored drawing accented with paint. Depicts a Caucasian male with brown hair, light blue eyes, mustache, and goatee. Sitter is wearing a black suit jacket with white shirt; round gold pin drawn on front center of shirt. Set behind oval grey mat and inside large wood frame with gold accent and glass glazing.Dimensions26.25 x 21.375 x 2.625 in. (66.7 x 54.3 x 6.7 cm)
Historical NotesPortrait of William Still. William (b. 1852) and Louisa Still (b. 1851) had two daughers, Cora Blanche Still was born in 1874 and her sister, Willa Elliott Still, was born in 1889. Willa Elliott Still did not marry, but she would produce a manuscript about life as a young girl in Pittsburgh. Under the pseudonym, “Paula Glad,” A Girl From Pittsburgh follows, almost biographically the childhood of Willa, her relationships to her parents and family, and their lives on the North Side of Pittsburgh. As a child, Willa suffered from polio, rendering her handicapped as an adult. William worked as a letter carrier. William’s mother, Barbara, lived with the family after her husband, Samuel’s, death. Samuel Still, father of William Still, was born in 1825 to German parents. Listed as an engineer in Civil War Draft Registration, his correspondence to his wife, Barbara (b. 1831), mother, and son, William, indicated he travelled some for his profession, listed in census books as, “engineer.” Samuel Still lived in the Duquesne Borough prior to its incorporation into Allegheny City in the 1868.
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