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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #201 |
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| Subject/Title: | McIlvain, Sarah Beatty | |
| Artist: | Unknown | |
| Date Created: | 1895 | |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection | |
| Frame Dimensions: | 3.75 x 2.75 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 | |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory | |
| Date Documented: | 3/1/2004 | |
| Condition: | Fair |
| Description: | Frontal of an older woman with white hair and brown eyes. The dominant clothing is a black lace veil worn away from the face and gathered at the neck with a silver broach in the design of a six-petaled flower. |
| History: | Work was most likely created in Paris, France while her husband was the American ambassador to France. From the home of Frances Montgomery, owner's grandmother. |
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