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W. W. Law and his mother, Late 1980's, King-Tisdell Cottage
W. W. Law and his mother, Late 1980's, King-Tisdell Cottage
W. W. Law and his mother, Late 1980's, King-Tisdell Cottage
W. W. Law and his mother, Late 1980's, King-Tisdell Cottage, Preston Russell, 2002, Acrylic on board, Telfair Museum of Art, © W. W. Law and his mother, artist Preston Russell.

W. W. Law and his mother, Late 1980's, King-Tisdell Cottage

Artist (American, 1941 - 2021)
Date2002
MediumAcrylic on board
DimensionsCanvas: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 21 1/2 × 25 3/16 × 1 1/2 inches (54.6 × 64 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist.
Object number2011.5
On View
On view
Copyright© W. W. Law and his mother, artist Preston Russell. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextA mostly self-taught artist, Preston Russell focused more on painting after retiring from his medical practice in 2000, creating scenes of life in Savannah, Charleston, and the Lowcountry. His painting of Westley Wallace “W. W.” Law (1923–2002) and his mother Geneva Wallace Law (1900–1994) depicts the Civil Rights activist and former Savannah NAACP president in front of one of his major achievements: preserving the King-Tisdell Cottage. The 1896 home was originally on Ott Street, on Savannah’s east side, and in 1925 became home to Sarah and Eugene King, successful Black entrepreneurs. Threatened with demolition in 1978, Law fought to have the house carefully moved to its current location at 514 East Huntingdon Street and restored. Today, it is a house museum dedicated to regional African American history. Label text written for Craft Along the Coast, 2025
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