France,19th Century Depicts President Taylor as a young man dressed in a pale purple gray suit with a head full of dark curls. Taylor was the twelfth President of the United States from 1949-1850 making him the president with the third shortest tenure and was the last Whig to win an election. Oil on porcelain,2 5/8" x 2 1/4", Marked "Major General Zachary Taylor Born 1790 Elected President of the United States 7th November 1848 Palo- Alto Resaca De La Palma Monterey Buens-Vista" on verso with partial label marked "Published by Meslay, Paris" on verso. From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island gentleman who acquired it from a prestigious Beacon Hill family.