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Metro Davidson County Collection - Nashville Public Library


Portrait #897
Subject/Title:
Robinson, Margaret Ann Craig
Artist:Street, Ann
Date Created:December 2003
Owner/Location:Special Collections Division
Nashville Public Library
615 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37219
Frame Dimensions:48h x 38.25w
Image Dimensions:39.5h x 29.5w
Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
Date Documented:6 August 2007
Condition:Excellent
Description:Portrait of Margaret Ann Robinson seated in her garden. Informal. Blue attire w/red & white scarf. Setting: garden chair, trees, shrubbery, flowers, stone wall.
History of Work:Painted by Ann Street in 2003; dedicated and hung in Library 2004. Commissioned and donated by David K. Wilson through the Nashville Public Library Foundation.
Notes:Margaret Ann Robinson joined the Metropolitan Library Board in 1977 and has served as its Chair since 1986. The library courtyard, named in their honor, was a gift of Mrs. Robinson and her late husband, Walter M. Robinson, Jr.

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