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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #55 |
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| Subject/Title: | Unknown woman (miniature) - C20a |
| Artist: | Hite, George H. |
| Date Created: | 1836 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 9 x 8.25 |
| Image Dimensions: | 4.75 x 3.5 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on ivory |
| Date Documented: | 6/3/2003 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Knee-length seated three-quarter left miniature of young woman with dark hair parted in the middle and worn up. She is wearing a blousy, low-cut dress with a shawl and holds a fan in her left hand. Her hands are in her lap. An elaborate background interior includes a red drape. The frame is dark wood and very elaborate. Signed and dated on the backing paper: "Painted by Geo. H. Hite/Nashville/1836." |
| History: | Purchased from Caldwell Galleries in upstate NY around 1975. Hite is listed as a resident of a hotel on the Nashville City Square for 1832-1834 in a newspaper advertisement. Exhibited in Tennessee State Museum's 1988 "Portrait Painting in Tennessee." |
| Notes: | Permission to reproduce by request only. This is companion piece to portrait #56, "Unknown Man." |