Portrait #1829

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Bowie, Dr. Byrd
  • Artist:Hime, Stanley E.
  • Date Created:April 20, 1947
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Image Dimensions:8 1/2 x 11
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  • Materials/Media:Pencil sketch on 8 1/2 x 11 construction paper
  • Date Documented:14 March 2010
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Right profile, bust size, of woman with short dark hair. Subject is wearing a shirt with the button open at the neck and a pointed collar.
  • History:During the life art class at Watkins Institute headed by Edwin Boyd Johnson I sketched a profile of Dr. Byrd Bowie as she was drawing the model on 4/20/1947
  • Notes:Dr. Byrd Bowie was one of three sisters who were all medical doctors. They were Drs. Anna Bowie, Evangeline Bowie, and Byrd Bowie. The three of them donated the land for Bowie Nature Park in Fairview, Tennessee.