Portrait #1148

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Belle of the Meade
  • Artist:Lloyd, C.
  • Date Created:19th Century
  • Owner/Location:Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205
  • Frame Dimensions:26 1/4 x 38 1/2
  • Image Dimensions:22 x 34
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on Canvas
  • Date Documented:24 September 2007
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Painting depicts the bay mare Belle of the Meade facing left, with a mounted jockey. The jockey is wearing gold silks with a red sash and a gold cap. The foreground is tan with green trees and shrubs in an impressionistic background. This mare had black points and a white star and stripe. She was sired by Bonnie Scotland.
  • History:Frame is a mahogany molding with brass plaque inscribed, “Belle of the Mead.”
  • Notes:Location: East Side Hall