Portrait #377

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Henson, Miss (of Baltimore) #2
  • Artist:Simes, Mary Jane
  • Date Created:ca. 1830
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:1.75 x 1.25
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval bust-length slightly right profile of a young woman with tight sausage-roll curls piled on her head. Her dress is black, with a wide V-neck and she is wearing a separate collar of white lace, ruffled in two layers.
  • History:One of two studies by the same artist. See #376. Exhibited at Gibbes 2000.