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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Belmont Mansion - Nashville, Tennessee | ||
Portrait #2001  |
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| Subject/Title: | Baker, Eva Snowden [1856-1939] |
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| Artist: | Ligon, Gladys Wear [1892-1987] |
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| Date Created: | ca. 1940 | |
| Owner/Location: | Belmont Mansion 1900 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, TN 37212 615-460-5459 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 25" x 10" | |
| Image Dimensions: | 20" x 15" | |
| Materials/Media: | Pastel on paper | |
| Date Documented: | 3 March 2008 | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Bust length portrait of an older African-American woman facing slightly right and looking to the left. She is wearing a green patterned turban and a blue and brown striped dress with a deep white shawl or collar at the neckline. |
| History of Work: | Portrait may have been done from a photograph. This portrait was commissioned by Ellen Wemyss to hang at Fairvue. |
| Notes: | Eva Baker worked for Adelicia. The Baker and Snowden families were slaves of Isaac Franklin and Adelicia Acklen. |