Portrait #54

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown African-American woman
  • Artist:Weeden, Howard
  • Date Created:ca. 1890
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:14.75 x 1.75
  • Image Dimensions:8.25 x 4.75
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on paper
  • Date Documented:6/3/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval, bust-length over-the-shoulder left profile of an older African-American woman wearing a white blouse or dress with a bandana of pink and white tied at the neck. Her hair is obscured by a loosely patterned yellow and white bandana. On the reverse is noted "'Mrs. Crocket' glass 35 cents"
  • History:Cleaned by David Swift. Purchased from a Murfreesboro woman (Mrs. Crockett?) through Elder's Bookstore, Nashville. Artist was from Huntsville, AL.
  • Notes:Permission to reproduce by request only. This is companion piece to portrait #53, "Unknown African-American man."