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Portrait #1819
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Subject/Title:
| Russell, Mabel Lee McFerrin |
| Artist: | Hankins, M. |
| Date Created: | ca. 1900 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 24 x 20 |
| Image Dimensions: | 20 x 16 |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on Canvas |
| Date Documented: | 6 December 2008 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Oval bust-length portrait of a young woman with blonde curly shoulder-length hair. Subject has pink flower in hair and holds a pink rose. Sitter wears a pearl necklace. Subject has on a light blue off-shoulder dress. Mottled gray background. |
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| Notes: | Subject was born in Woodbury Tennessee and lived in Wartrace and Nashville. She was a composer (mostly notably, she wrote the Vanderbilt University Waltz) and pianist. Subject is owner's paternal grandmother.
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