Portrait #16

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Lusk, Matilde Fairfax
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:36 x 30.5
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 24.5
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:6/4/2003
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Waist-length seated frontal view of young woman in black dress with a lace ""v"" at cleavage. Her dark hair is parted slightly on her left side, and substantial locks frame her cheeks to near jaw-level. Her eyes are dark, wide-set, and large.
  • Notes:Subject is owner's great-grandmother. Subject married Robert Lusk. The Lusk home was at 7th and Union streets in Nashville near the former James K. Polk home. The Lusk property was sold to the YMCA.