Portrait #1058

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Breedlove, Maria Winchester
  • Artist:West, William Edward
  • Date Created:1823
  • Owner/Location:Cragfont Castalian Springs, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:38 x 32 1/2
  • Image Dimensions:29 1/2 x 25
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  • Materials/Media:Oil
  • Date Documented:23 January 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Subject facing viewer, wearing heavy black dress with large white lace collar. She wears a large lace starched headpiece with pint lace ribbons and her dark hair is rolled into buns on both sides of the forehead.
  • Notes:Maria was married to James Breedlove, a wealthy plantation owner from New Orleans. She died in 1846.