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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #334 |
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| Subject/Title: | Coke, Carrie McCutchen | |
| Artist: | Peyton, Sarah Gaines 1896-1997 | |
| Date Created: | unknown | |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection | |
| Frame Dimensions: | 29 x 25 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 26 x 21 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 3/10/2004 | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Waist-length frontal of a woman in a yellow dress trimmed in black. She is looking to her right. A mottled and swirled back creates an illusion of space. |
| History: | Painted
posthumously, the artist was working from a photograph in the possession of
the owner's mother. See file for more information on the artist. |
| Notes: | Subject's
family first lived in Nashville, but was given a land grant and moved to KY in
the 1790s. Subject lived in McCutcheon Meadow in Logan County, KY. Subject was born 7 December 1864 and died 31 March 1938. She was the daughter of Cyrun McCutchen (12/13/1823-1/13/1874) and Amanda McCarley Mc Cutchen (1/27/1830-2/14/1887). Subject married on 13 October 1886 to James Guthrie Coke II (7/29/1866-11/18/1938). |