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Portrait
#1261
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Subject/Title:
| Harsh, Madalena Koehler |
| Artist: | Malone, Betty (Mrs. Henry) |
| Date Created: | ca. 1985 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 35 x 30 approx. |
| Image Dimensions: | 29 x 24 approx. |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: |
9 February 2008 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Subject is seated with left arm resting on a table. In her right hand she holds a handkerchief. She wears a dark dress with white lace at wrists that includes small triangle patterns. She has white lace at the neck for a collar and a white bonnet. Her brown hair is parted in the middle. She is facing the viewer. There is a curtain and couch in the background, burgandy in color. |
| History of Work: | Copy of 1840s original |
| Notes: | Born Madalena Koehler in Pottsville, PA in 1802. Died in Nashville in 1882. Buried in Nashville Cemetery. Her parents came from Holland, and she was married to Dr. Phillip Harsh.
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