It was painted 1929, the governor's first year in office. Leslie leans forward, his left arm on a table and his right hand on his knee, regarding the observer with a look of shrewd scrutiny.
Shadows are heavy, and the transition of forms from shadow into light is startling.
While the painting is lacking in pictorial quality, it unquestionably presents the sitter with exactitude. Peat, Wilbur D. Portraits and Painters of the Governors of Indiana 1800-1978. Revised, edited and with new entries by Diane Gail Lazarus, Indianapolis Museum of Art. Biographies of the governors by Lana Ruegamer, Indiana Historical Society. Return to Harry Guyer Leslie .