Portrait #259

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Gordon, Dorothea (Dolly) Cross
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:1819
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:40 x 35
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 25
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/26/2003
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Woman with dark straight hair parted in the center and pulled back under a lace bonnet that is tied under her left chin. She also has a lace collar on her black dress. Her eyes are dark in color. The overall tone of the portrait is dark in hue and the frame is decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers for the Christmas season, a tradition the owners keep.
  • Notes:Subject (1779-1859) was married to John Gordon,