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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
| Subject/Title: | Douglass, Elizabeth Howard | Portrait #770 |
| Artist: | Unknown | |
| Date Created: | before 1825 | |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 32 x 22.75 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 26 x 16.75 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 10/26/2005 | |
| Condition: | Good | |
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| Description: | Stern-faced older woman facing three-quarter right. She is wearing an elaborate white lace bonnet tied in a bow under her chin. Her dark blue outfit appears to be almost a cape with a white fabric collar. Her blue eyes are directed at the viewer. | |
| History of Work: | ||
| Notes: | Wife of Edward Douglass, Jr., born in North Carolina. It was said that when she was a young woman, she danced with Lord Cornwallis. | |