Elizabeth Banks Boyers - Tennessee State Museum

Tennessee State Museum

Record No:	83.30
Subject:	Boyers, Elizabeth Banks
Artist:	Unknown
Date:	1817
Media:	Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:	33.50 X 28.50
Location:	TN State Museum 505 Deaderick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum

History:	This portrait is of a young woman wearing a brown modified Empire style dress with a white ruffle at top of dress front. There is a small pin below the ruffle at the center of the dress. Her hair is light brown and pulled behind her ears and then cascades down into loose curls.
Notes:	Elizabeth Banks Boyers married Robert Morris Boyers December 28, 1817 in Gallatin, TN at the age of 20. This is thought to be a wedding portrait painted shortly after her marriage. She was born in Murfreesboro, NC. This portrait is a match to her husband's portrait, no. 83.29.
Categories:	Portrait paintings; Women.