Portrait #193

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Kelley, Sarah Donelson ca. 1916
  • Artist:Cowan, Sarah Eakin 1875-1958
  • Date Created:ca. 1920
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:3 7/8" x 2 7/8"
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:2/22/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Gold plated on copper, modern replacement by Weibold
  • History:Painted in Nashville, Tennessee. Sarah Kelley graduated from Peabody College about 1935, failed to find work, did not marry, suffered a nervous breakdown and entered Central State Hospital where she died while still in her twenties (from Jane Harper, a great-niece of the artist). Exhibited in January,1992 at American Society of Miniature Artists 23rd Annual Exhibit October 1921, NYC (per Lewis Rabbage)./Huntsville 1996/Gibbes 2000 ..Illus. in Huntsville Catalog..