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Portrait #224
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| Subject/Title: | Gaither,
Varina Banks Stanton |
| Artist: | Cooper,
William |
| Date
Created: | ca.
mid-1800s |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 48
x 37.5 |
| Image Dimensions: | 35
x 28 |
| Materials/Media: | oil
on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 1/13/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Woman
seated in red chair with her right arm resting on a side table. Dressed in a
white lace dress, cinched at the waist with a pink ribbon, she has dark brown
hair parted in the middle that falls in long sausage-roll curls on either side
of her face. Her eyes are dark brown and her hands are clasped in her
lap. Her left ring finger has a gold band on it. |
| History: | Was
cleaned by Cumberland Art Conservation. |
| Notes: | Subject
(11/29/1829-1923 in Nashville) lived in Natchez and was married to Horace
Gaither, portrait # 223, at "Cherokee" in Natchez on 2/19/1852. They
lived on a plantation called "Arnaudlia" in Louisiana, south of
Vidalia. The subject was the daughter of Frederic Stanton, a Natchez
millionaire who built Stanton Hall there, a featured site on the pilgrimage
list. See Buntin file for more info.
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