National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Oaklands Historic House Museum - Murfreesboro, Tennessee


Portrait #1670
Subject/Title:
Polk, Sarah Childress
Artist:Avent, Mayna Treanor
Date Created:1929
Owner/Location:Oaklands HIstoric House Museum
900 North Maney Avenue
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
615-893-0022
www.oaklandsmuseum.org
Frame Dimensions:
Image Dimensions:39 x 34
Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
Date Documented:1 October 2008
Condition:Poor
Description:The portrait is from the waist seated in a chair with subject wearing a red velvet low-cut dress. Over her left shoulder is a view of a mountain and over her right is a red curtain.
History of Work:Portrait is a reproduction of the 1846 portrait by George P. A. Healy.
Notes:Sarah Childress Polk's brother lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mrs. Polk's nephew married a daughter of Major Lewis Maney and Rachel Adaline Cannon Maney.

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