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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
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| Subject/Title: | Gorin, Mrs. Franklin (Esq) | |
| Artist: | Dodge, John Wood 1807-1893 Yes | |
| Date Created: | 1841, October 22 | |
| Owner/Location: | Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN |
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| Frame Dimensions: | NA | |
| Image Dimensions: | 2 1/2" x 2" | |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory | |
| Date Documented: | 2/22/2004 | |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Frame
is chased gold-plated copper, in (not-pictured) leather covered rectangular
box (bottom only) with green background.
Oval of a young woman with long "sausage-roll" light brown curls. She is wearing a dark blue off-the-shoulder dress with many gathers. |
| History: | Paper in back says "Painted by John W. Dodge from New York---Nashville Tenn. Oct 22nd 1841. Likeness of Mrs Gorin". This is not listed in Dodge's workbook, but the workbook does have an entry on May 22, 1847 that says "Franklin Gorin Esq. for locket $50. |
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