Portrait #414

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Polk, Sarah
  • Artist:Avent, Mayna Treanor after G.P.A. Healy
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301-305 W. Seventh St. Columbia, TN 38402 931-388-2354 www.jameskpolk.com/new/
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:36 x 29
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/14/2004
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Waist-length right profile of Sarah Polk in a maroon off-the-shoulder gown with long flounced sleeves. A maroon velvet headband has a tassle that dangles on her right side. The background is olive with a maroon drape.
  • History:Copy of an 1845 Healy portrait.