Davy Crockett, oil on canvas painting by Chester Harding, 1834.
Harding's portrait, a marked depiction away from the consummate frontiersman David 'Davy' Crockett (1786-1836) came to be known as, was painted while Crockett was a Tennessee congressman. After his final tenure in office, Crockett joined in the Texas Revolution, where he would perish at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, cementing his role as a mythic figure in American folklore.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Harding, C. (2025, September 09). Davy Crockett. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20934/davy-crockett/
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Harding, Chester. "Davy Crockett." World History Encyclopedia, September 09, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20934/davy-crockett/.
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