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Portrait #10
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| Subject/Title: | Hill Daughters |
| Artist: | Cooper, Washington B. ? |
| Date Created: | ca. 1850 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
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| Frame Dimensions: | 51 x 41 |
| Image Dimensions: | 50 x 40 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 5/7/2003 |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | The image is of two young girls holding hands. Their similar clothing, shoes, and appearance suggests they are sisters as indicated by the owner. The older child is holding a doll in her left arm, and the young child is holding a somewhat disturbed cat in her right arm. The background is a naturalistic outdoor scene. |
| History: | According to the owner the subjects are likely buried in the Nashville City Cemetery and this was probably a posthumous portrait.. |
| Notes: | Restored ca. 1960 by Sandor Bodo of Nashville. The general condition of the portrait is good, but there are slight survace abrasions and surface cracking.
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