Portrait #290

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Gardner, Margaret McClung
  • Artist:Hankins, Cornelius
  • Date Created:1901
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:36 x 30
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 25
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/8/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Woman with dark straight hair parted in middle and pulled back, covering her ears. She is wearing a white evening dress, off -the-shoulder, pleated into a V and trimmed in lace. The short puff sleeves are also trimmed in lace. Her right arm is prominent in the composition and suggests she is holding an opened fan in her right hand (not seen).
  • History:According to the owner, Washington B. Cooper probably painted the original of this image, as this work is a copy.
  • Notes:Subject born 1822 and died April 1886.