Portrait #224

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Gaither, Varina Banks Stanton
  • Artist:Cooper, William
  • Date Created:ca. mid-1800s
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:48 x 37.5
  • Image Dimensions:35 x 28
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:1/13/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Woman seated in red chair with her right arm resting on a side table. Dressed in a white lace dress, cinched at the waist with a pink ribbon, she has dark brown hair parted in the middle that falls in long sausage-roll curls on either side of her face. Her eyes are dark brown and her hands are clasped in her lap. Her left ring finger has a gold band on it.
  • History:Was cleaned by Cumberland Art Conservation.
  • Notes:Subject (11/29/1829-1923 in Nashville) lived in Natchez and was married to Horace Gaither, portrait # 223, at