Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 73.
Summary:
Portrait of John Clark standing beside his desk, his body turned to the left, his gaze directed toward the viewer, his left hand resting atop a letter on the desk topk, and his right hand holding a walking stick in front of him. He wears a dark jacket and a ruffle white shirt with a high collar.