National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #383
Subject/Title: Cushman, Charlotte (as Joan of Arc)
Artist:Sully, Thomas
Date Created:ca. 1840
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:3 1/4 x 2 5/8
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:
Condition:Excellent
Description:Rectangular bust-length nearly frontal of a young woman, the famous actress Charlotte Cushman, who has straight dark brown hair parted in the middle. It falls to her jaw line. She is wearing a simple white dress. Her gaze is up and to her right and a soft halo surrounds her in the background.
History:Exhibited at Gibbes 2000...A Brooklyn Museum exhibit label is attached to the back and dated April 22, 1921.
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