Portrait #371

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Brown, Elizabeth J.
  • Artist:Saunders, George Lethbridge
  • Date Created:ca. 1847
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:1 3/4 x 1 1/18
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval slightly left, bust-length oval of a young woman in a blue dress trimmed with a white lace collar. Her light brown straight hair is parted in the middle and pulled back, and its high sheen is visible near the part. Her eyes are blue and she appears to be seated in a tan chair. Frame has a stub of black ribbon/string attached.
  • History:Exhibited at Gibbes 2000.