Portrait #140

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Ballentine, Mary Tuttle Goff ("Polly")
  • Artist:Cooper, (Washington or William?) (attrib.)
  • Date Created:ca. 1850s
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:42 x 34
  • Image Dimensions:28.5 x 24
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:7/31/2003
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Oval waist-length of mature woman wearing a black dress trimmed with lace at the collar. The three-quarter length sleeves appear to have a white lining. The pose reveals a slight right profile. Her black straight hair is parted in the middle, and pulled back and up. Her eyes are dark. She wears a heavy, thick black cross at her throat, and her hands are clasped lightly at her waist.