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Portrait #287
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Subject/Title:
| Alexander,
Maggie Enola |
| Artist: | Thompson,
Mrs. Frederick Augustus or Myra |
| Date
Created: | 1884-85 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 53
x 44 |
| Image Dimensions: | 41
x 32 |
| Materials/Media: | oil
on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 2/17/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | Full
length of a young girl sitting on a stone baluster. Dressed in white, she is
barefoot and holding a basket of flowers in her right hand. She has auburn
ringlet curls. A lush landscape is in the background. |
| History of Work: | Artist,
either the minister's daughter (Myra) or his wife (known only as Mrs.
Frederick Augustus Thompson), was working in The Manse, home of the minister
of the Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill . Owner believes the minister's wife
to be the artist, matching her time in Philadelphia, her age, and the
sophistication of the execution. Very likely a posthumous work based on
the imagery. |
| Notes: | Subject
lived on a farm in Williamson County near the Maury County line, and died in
1884 at age 3. See file for more info.
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