Portrait #418

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Hayes, Ophelia Polk
  • Artist:Cooper, William Browning 1811-1900
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301-305 W. Seventh St. Columbia, TN 38402 931-388-2354 www.jameskpolk.com/new/
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:39.75 x 22.25
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/14/2004
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Waist-length seated nearly frontal of woman wearing a black dress with a white lace straight low-neck blouse. Her hands are clasped in her lap, and her left arm rests on a marble-top table.
  • Notes:Subject was the youngest sister of James K. Polk. She was born 9/6/1812 in Maury County, married 9/25/1829 to Dr. John B. Hayes in Columbia, TN. She died on April 18, 1850.