National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #349
Subject/Title: Winslow, Abagail Amory (Mrs. Benjamin Winslow)
Artist:Malbone, Edward Greene 1777-1807
Date Created:1805
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:2 7/8" x 2 1/4"
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:2/22/2004
Condition:Excellent
Description:Frame is original gilt copper with full glass back enclosing hair, gold oval ring and gold initials "AW."

Oval, bust-length of a young woman with large brown eyes and brown curly hair piled high on her head where there is a ornament of four pearls.

Her dress white, with ruffles or lace at the v-neck line. Her inscribed name is visible on the bottom edge of the frame.
History:Painted in Boston.

Exhibited Cheekwood 1992 / Huntsville 1996/Gibbes 2000

Illus. Southern Accents, February 1992 / Huntsville catalog / American Art Review, March 1996
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