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Portrait
#689
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Subject/Title:
| Boddie, Mrs. Elijah (Maria Platt Elliott) |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date Created: | ca. 1825 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 22 x 27 inches |
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| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
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| Description: | Woman with dark hair parted in the middle wearing a dark dress with an elaborate white ruffled collar. She is looking straight at the viewer, although the nearly waist-length figure is facing three-quarters right. Her coloring is vivid, and she appears to be smiling at the observer. |
| History of Work: | Painted near Gallatin. |
| Notes: | Subject was maternal great-great-grandmother of the owner. She lived from ca. 1791-1846. Mrs. Boddie was the mother of Ella Boddie Craft (Mrs. Henry) also included in this collection.
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