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  • Record No:5019
  • Accession No:THS 457
  • Subject/Title:"The Three Graces" (also known as "Painting, Poetry, and Music").
  • Artist:William Edward West
  • Date Created:ca. 1825
  • Owner/Location:TN State Library and Archives 403 7th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37243-0312 Web Contact: Preservation - State Library
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  • Materials/Media:Photographic print
  • History:Could also be the Patterson sisters of Baltimore, MD. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Patterson married Jerome Bonaparte (youngest brother of Napoleon) in 1803.
  • Notes:The models are supposedly the daughters of Richard Caton, of Balitomre, MD: Marianne, later the Marchioness of Wellesley; Louisa Catherine, later the Duchess of Leeds; and Elizabeth, later Lady Stafford.
  • Photographer:Collins-Cooley
  • Categories:Portrait paintings; Women