“Nashville Panorama,” an important and large circa 1880 watercolor view of the city of Nashville from Fort Negley (built during the Civil War by Union troops and freed slaves). Visible are many Nashville landmarks including the Tennessee State Capitol, the University of Nashville, Howard School, and the Cumberland River, along with churches, brick and log homes, various figures, horses and carriages. Unsigned, artist unknown. Titled NASHVILLE TENN. lower margin. 21″ x 36″ sight, 29″ x 42″ matted and framed. Published, “The Tennessee Historical Quarterly: Landscape and Genre Painting in Tennessee, 1810-1985″ by James C. Kelly, Tennessee Historical Society, 1985. Exhibited, The Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Sept. 5-Nov. 20, 1985; Dixon Gallery, Memphis, Dec. 1-Jan. 15, 1986; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Feb. 6-March 31, 1986, and the Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, April 10-May 11, 1986. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: 15″ light water stain down center, a couple of 1/2” areas of discoloration in the sky, overall light toning and fading. Examination out of frame reveals margins present and watercolor is not mounted or glued down. Later frame.