Title	Portrait Of Dr. Gerard Troost
Description	Painted portrait of Dr. Gerard Troost, the first state geologist of Tennessee. Troost is shown standing beside a table and gesturing to a book on the table. The original portrait is now located at the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville).
Historical Note	Troost (1776-1850) was born in Holland and came to the United States in 1810. Two years later he became the founding president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. After moving to Maryland and Indiana, Troost settled in Nashville in 1827 and operated the Nashville Museum of Natural History from 1827 through 1832. He served as Tennessee's state geologist from 1831 to his death in 1850. His principal employmen ;, however, was the professorship of science at the University of Nashville.
Date	undated
Collection	Portrait Collection 1700-1960
Subjects - LCSH	Troost, Gerard, 1776-1850; Portait painting, American - 19th century
Subjects - TGM	Portrait paintings
Accession Number	RG 197
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	13203
Digital Type	Still Image
Digital Format	Image/jp2
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