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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
James K. Polk Ancestral Home Collection Columbia, Tennessee | ||
Portrait #409 |
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| Subject/Title: | Polk, James Knox | |
| Artist: | Earl, Ralph Eleasor Whiteside 1785-1838 | |
| Date Created: | 1829 | |
| Owner/Location: | James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301-305 W. Seventh St. Columbia, TN 38402 931-388-2354 www.jameskpolk.com/new/ |
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| Frame Dimensions: | NA | |
| Image Dimensions: | 30 x 25 | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 12/14/2004 | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Waist-length of Polk as a congressman. He is wearing a high-collared white shirt, white cravat, grey vest and black jacket. The orientation is frontal but slightly left as his right ear is not visible as is his left. |
| History of Work: | Painted in Washington DC in 1829. Conserved in 1983, presumably by Cumberland Art Conservation Center. |
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