Alice Evelyn Mabry Hazen - Tennessee State Museum

Tennessee State Museum

Record No:	81.246.3
Subject:	Hazen, Alice Evelyn Mabry
Artist:	Shaver, Samuel M.
Date:	1860
Media:	Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:	43.50 X 31.50
Location:	TN State Museum 505 Deadrick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum

History:	This portrait is of a young girl wearing a short gray dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline and short puff sleaves.There is white lace at the neckline and a row of white lace from a petticoat or pantaloons is showing at the hem of the dress.. She is seated on what appears to be an ornate iron bench. She is holding a pink flower with green leaves. In the background is a road or path leading to a sunset with two silhouetted trees. This may have been a mourning portrait with the road suggesting the road to heaven. There is a sewing basket in the foreground right corner. She has short dark hair and is wearing white stockings with black boots.
Notes:	This is a portrait of Alice Evelyn Mabry Hazen as a child. This portrait subject may be related to Joseph Mabry file no. 81.246.1. That is all the information known about the subject at this time.
Categories:	Portrait paintings; Women.