Portrait #1819

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Russell, Mabel Lee McFerrin
  • Artist:Hankins, M.
  • Date Created:ca. 1900
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:24 x 20
  • Image Dimensions:20 x 16
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:6 December 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval bust-length portrait of a young woman with blonde curly shoulder-length hair. Subject has pink flower in hair and holds a pink rose. Sitter wears a pearl necklace. Subject has on a light blue off-shoulder dress. Mottled gray background.
  • Notes:Subject was born in Woodbury Tennessee and lived in Wartrace and Nashville. She was a composer (mostly notably, she wrote the Vanderbilt University Waltz) and pianist. Subject is owner's paternal grandmother.