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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
James K. Polk Ancestral Home Collection Columbia, Tennessee | ||
Portrait #418 |
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| Subject/Title: | Hayes, Ophelia Polk | |
| Artist: | Cooper, William Browning 1811-1900 | |
| Date Created: | unknown | |
| Owner/Location: | James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301-305 W. Seventh St. Columbia, TN 38402 931-388-2354 www.jameskpolk.com/new/ |
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| Frame Dimensions: | NA | |
| Image Dimensions: | 39.75 x 22.25 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 12/14/2004 | |
| Condition: | Good | |
| Description: | Waist-length seated nearly frontal of woman wearing a black dress with a white lace straight low-neck blouse. Her hands are clasped in her lap, and her left arm rests on a marble-top table. |
| History of Work: | |
| Notes: | Subject was the youngest sister of James K. Polk. She was born 9/6/1812 in Maury County, married 9/25/1829 to Dr. John B. Hayes in Columbia, TN. She died on April 18, 1850. |