A Legend at Full-Length.

In 1834 John Gadsby Chapman painted a full-length portrait of David Crockett, then in his last term as United States congressman from Tennessee. The portrait, purchased by the state of Texas, was destroyed by fire in 1881, but an account of Crockett, apparently written by Chapman at the time Crockett sat for him, has recently been discovered. Although only nine manuscript pages in length, the reminiscences, here reproduced in full, give an excellent insight into the character and personality of Crockett.