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Portrait
#460
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Subject/Title:
| Polk, Lucius |
| Artist: | Avent, Mayna Treanor |
| Date Created: | 1920 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 36 x 32 |
| Image Dimensions: | 28.5 x 24 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 10/14/2004 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | Three-quarters right profile of a young man with curly dark hair. His right in inserted into his black jacket ÒNaponleonicÓ -style. White shirt has high collar. |
| History of Work: | This work is a copy of a deteriorated original by an unkown artist. It was featured in White House Brides. |
| Notes: | Subject was the brother of Leonidas Polk and 1 of 10 children by two wives. He lived from 1802-1870 and built Hamilton Place.
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