Portrait #422

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Rucker, Mrs. Susan Childress
  • Artist:American School
  • Date Created:ca. 1825-1835
  • 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:30.75 x 25.75
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/14/2004
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Bust-length slightly right profile of a young woman wearing a black dress with an elaborate lace collor and lace bonnet tied with a bow under the right side of her chin. Her hair is parted in the middle and frames the top of her slender face..
  • History:Subject was Sarah Polk's sister. Conserved ca. 1985.