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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #628 |
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| Subject/Title: | Overton, Mrs. Mary McConnell White May | |
| Artist: | Cooper, Washington (attrib.) | |
| Date Created: | 1835-1840 | |
| Owner/Location: | Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 48 x 41.5 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 35.75 x 28.25 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 12/10/2004 | |
| Condition: | Fair |
| Description: | Middle aged woman with her hands crossed right over left. She is wearing a black dress with full sleeves, wide white collar, and white bonnet. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and framed by her white bonnet tied under the right side of her chin. Ornate gold frame (not visible here) is original to portrait. |
| History: | Restored in 1980. |
| Notes: | Donated to Travellers Rest by Mrs. Mary Snowden Treadwell Gee, Jr., great great grandaughter of the subject, in 1970. |