Portrait #781

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Franklin children Adelicia, Emma and Victoria
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington B.
  • Date Created:1845
  • Owner/Location:Belmont Mansion 1900 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, TN 37212 615-460-5459
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:50 x 40
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/26/2005
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Three young children with dark hair dressed in white posed in front of a window partially visible on the left. A red drape hangs in the upper right and also on the seat where the central child is located.
  • History:Original frame (not pictured). According to Cooper's journal, he was paid $200 for the portrait on Sept. 23, 1845. The painting hung at Fairvue before coming to Belmont.