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Portrait #251
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Subject/Title:
| Berry,
Eleanor Redway |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date
Created: | ca.
1912 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 6.5
x 11 |
| Image Dimensions: | 4.5
x 3.5 |
| Materials/Media: | oil
on paper? watercolor on ivory? |
| Date Documented: | 12/10/2003 |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | Oval
miniature of a young woman in a bridal gown and veil. Her medium brown hair is
in curls on top of her head, and her lips are red, her eyes blue. She has her
arms crossed on a small elaborately carved end table, and they are covered
with her lace (?) train. The background is light blue. The work is
set in a Moroccan red leather case that unfolds with the look of a triptych. |
| History of Work: | Probably
painted in Boston, this work also came from Elmwood/Elm Hill. |
| Notes: | Subject
is owner's mother and married to become Mrs. Frank A. Berry Sr., founder of
Bass, Berry & Sims law firm in Nashville.
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