Portrait #1506

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Horton, Miranda Mildred 1821-1903
  • Artist:Cooper, William
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:36" x 41"
  • Image Dimensions:24" x 29"
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  • Materials/Media:Oil
  • Date Documented:June 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Near-waist length of older woman facing three-quarter right and looking in that direction. She is seated on a red-upholstered chair or couch, and her dark dress blends into the very dark background. The high collar of the dress is banded with a thin strip of white; her hair is dark and parted in the middle.
  • Notes:Born January 1, 1820 to Reverend Henry Cato Horton and Elizabeth Elliott Kennedy in Camden, South Carolina. Reverend Horton was of the Methodist faith. Married James Boyd Sharpe on June 8, 1842. They lived in Williamson County, Tennessee. Subject had no children. She raised the daughter of sister, Sara Horton Lavender and James Fletcher Lavender, after her sister's death. Name of daughter is Laura Margaret. Miranda died on October 14, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.