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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
James K. Polk Ancestral Home Collection Columbia, Tennessee | ||
Portrait #411 |
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| Subject/Title: | Fall, Sarah Polk Jetton 1847-1924 | |
| Artist: | Avent, Mayna Treanor | |
| Date Created: | ca. 1910s | |
| Owner/Location: | James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301-305 W. Seventh St. Columbia, TN 38402 931-388-2354 www.jameskpolk.com/new/ |
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| Frame Dimensions: | NA | |
| Image Dimensions: | 39 x 34 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 12/14/2004 | |
| Condition: | Good | |
| Description: | Waist-length left profile of an older, heavy-set woman who has curled gray hair fashioned in a bun. She wears a gray ball gown with a scoop neck, black boa, pearl tiara, and choker. A bouquet of purple flowers is in her right hand. |
| History of Work: | Signed and dated. Mayna Treanor Avent's husband, James Monroe Avent, was a great nephew of Sarah Polk. This was painted from a photograph. |
| Notes: | Subject lived from 1847-1924. |