Condition: Excellent- Inscription: (signed On back:) Painted by/John W. Dodge from/New York City/Nashville Tenn./Oct. 15th 1840/Likeness of Mrs. J. H. Hough
Description:Oval miniature portrait of Mrs. Joseph H. Hough wearing a white dress and a black shawl, her brown hair falling in long ringlets around her face, and her gaze directed toward the viewer.
History: Considered one of artist Dodge' finest miniatures painted in Tennessee. National Society of Colonial Dames, Tennessee, "Portraits in Tennessee Painted Before 1866," 1964. The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository: Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number: IAP 81770203
Notes:Born February 4, 1814 in Louisa County, Virginia. Died April 5, 1900 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was married to Joseph Hart Hough (1798-1844), owner of a stagecoach line in Nashville, and they had at least five children. Subject is buried in The Nashville City Cemetery.
