National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Columbia Athenaeum - Columbia, Tennessee
Portrait #1762
Subject/Title:
Unknown Woman (possibly French)
Artist:Unknown
Date Created:ca. 1780
Owner/Location:Columbia Athenaeum
808 Athenaeum Street
Columbia, TN 38401
Frame Dimensions:50 x 46
Image Dimensions:39 x 35
Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
Date Documented:5 September 2008
Condition:Good
Description:Three-quarter length portrait of a woman with short curly gray hair parted in the middle. A flower decorates the hair. Subject wears a v-neck flowing dark blue dress with a red and white cape wrapped around the shoulders and waist. Subject holds a flower in her right hand and clasps the cape with her left hand.
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