Ann Grundy - Earl

National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Downtown Presbyterian Church - Nashville, Tennessee
		Portrait #1322
Subject/Title:	Grundy, Ann 1779-1847
Artist:	Earl, Ralph E. W.
Date Created:	ca. 1820
Owner/Location:	Downtown Presbyterian Church Nashville, Tennessee
Frame Dimensions:	Approx 24 x 30
Image Dimensions:
Materials/Media:	Oil on canvas
Date Documented:	7 May 2008
Condition:	Excellent

Description:	Subject is seated in a wood-trimmed red upholstered chair and facing very slightly left. She is wearing a very dark dress with a blue-grey fringed scarf at the neck caught up with a dark stone pin. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and covered by a cap also in blue-grey, with ruffles around her face and with blue and silver ribbon trim and a blue bow appearing on her left shoulder. She is looking directly at the viewer.
History of Work:
Notes:	Ann Grundy was the wife of Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Attorney, Politician, and U. S. Attorney General under President Van Buren. Mrs. Grundy, a member of First Presbyterian Church, has been often given credit for starting Nashville's first Sunday School.