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  • Record No:29762
  • Accession No:95-108.
  • Subject/Title:Caroline Schetky (1790-1852) holding a harp-lute.
  • Artist:John Christian Schetky?
  • Date Created:1816
  • Owner/Location:TN State Library and Archives 403 7th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37243-0312 Web Contact: Preservation - State Library
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  • Materials/Media:Photographic print
  • History:P113. Entry # 426 in book "Portraits in Tennessee Before 1866." The harp-lute was invented in 1798 by Edward Light.
  • Notes:Father, Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, was a composer and cellist of Hungarian descent. Brother, John Christian Schetky, was painter. She was painter & regular exhibitor at the Pennsylvania Academy (1818-26) & at the Athenaeum.
  • Categories:Portrait paintings; Women; Artists; Musical