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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #630 |
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| Subject/Title: | Overton, Mrs. Mary McConnell White May | |
| Artist: | Earl, Ralph E. W. | |
| Date Created: | 1820-1830 | |
| Owner/Location: | Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 34 x 28.5 | |
| Image Dimensions: | 30 x 26 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 12/10/2004 | |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | Seated three-quarters profile of a young matron with a ca. 1820 dress with a lace-trimmed silk headdress. The background is a summer landscape viewed on the left side of the canvas beyond a red drape, characteristic of backgrounds in Earl's work. |
| History: | |
| Notes: | Donated to Travellers Rest by Con Overton Thompson Ball, great great granddaughter of the subject, in 1978. |