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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Belle Meade Plantation |
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Portrait
#1176
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| Subject/Title: |
Jackson, Sophia "Sophie" (Malloy) | |
| Artist: | Williams, John Insco | |
| Date Created: | 19th Century | |
| Owner/Location: | Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205 website |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 37” x 31.5” | |
| Image Dimensions: | 30” x 25.5” | |
| Date Documented: | 21 December 2007 | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas | |
| Condition: | Good | |
| Description: | Oval bust-length portrait of Howell E. Jackson’s first wife Sofia as a woman with brown hair pulled back and parted in the center, wearing a black dress with lace collar. |
| History of Work: | Frame is a giltwood and gesso molding with label verso, “Butler Picture Frame of New York.” The artist John Insco Williams lived between the years of 1813-1873. |
| Notes: | First wife of Justice Howell Jackson. She died in 1873. Location: Textiles Room |