Portrait #687

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Hunt, Mary (Polly) Wade 1735-1835
  • Artist:Shannon, E. Hampton
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:35 X 31
  • Image Dimensions:25 X 21
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:11/14/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Young woman standing, seen just above the knee, turned slightly to left. Wearing black dress with white collar and lace edge. Rose-colored stole draped over left arm and held by right hand. Left hand holds 2 red rosebuds. She is wearing pearls and dangling pearl earrings and a long cord around neck with round hanging disk. She has black hair and brown eyes.
  • History:Subject lived in North Carolina where her husband, Memucan Hunt, was the State Treasurer. She is owner's great-great-great grandmother.