National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #1191
Subject/Title:
Turner, Bell
Artist:Unknown
Date Created:ca. 1890
Owner/Location:Private Collection
Frame Dimensions:No frame
Image Dimensions:20 x 16
Materials/Media:Charcoal on board with pastel background
Date Documented: 16 February 2008
Condition:Very Poor
Description:Subject facing viewer. She has blue eyes, red hair, and pale pink lips. Her dress has a collar with white ruffles above black band. The six buttons on a grey background have double triangles on either side of a dark color.
History of Work:The image is acceptable but the rest of the portrait is disintegrating.
Notes:Born 28 January 1869 - Died 19 September 1901.
Married to John Groves
Oldest child of Robert Williamson Turner (1826-1878) and Almira Lucetta Hammond Turner (1848-1931)

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