Susannah (Shute) Harding/ Sarah Mcgavock (?) - Unknown

National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Belle Meade Plantation
		Portrait #1165
Subject/Title:	Harding, Susannah (Shute) / Sarah Mcgavock (?)
Artist:	Unknown
Date Created:	19th Century
Owner/Location:	Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205 website
Frame Dimensions:	39.5” X 34.25”
Image Dimensions:	30.5” X 25.25”
Date Documented:	14 December 2007
Materials/Media:	Oil on Canvas
Condition:	Good

Description:	Bust-length portrait of Susannah Shute Harding/Sarah McGavock (?) as a mature woman with curled hair and head covered with white lace cap/veil, and wearing a dark dress with lace collar; a red velvet purse in her left hand; and seated on a red chair with red curtain at right. (Portrait of mystery lady has BLUE eyes. The other portrait of Susannah has brown eyes, as does her son William Giles Harding, whose eyes look just like hers)
History of Work:
Notes:	Susannah Shute was born August 22nd 1785 to Philip and Elizabeth Waller Shute at Thorn Bottom, the family’s property outside of Laurel Hill, Pennsylvania. The Shute family moved to the Mero District of North Carolina, what is now Middle Tennessee, in 1790. Susannah married John Harding on August 6th 1806. She gave birth to six children, of which three survived into adulthood, Amanda, William Giles, and Elizabeth. In 1839 Susannah and John moved to Nashville proper into a townhouse at 85 Spring Street near the church where they worshipped - the Vine Street Christian Church. On September 12th 1845 Susannah died at the age of 60. Location: Back Guest Bedroom