Portrait #1688

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Ledbetter, (Mrs.) Sara Maud Doughty
  • Artist:Flisher, Edith
  • Date Created:ca. 1910
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Image Dimensions:36 x 31
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:10 September 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Subject is seated and facing three-quarter left with her hands crossed loosely in her lap. The low-cut bodice of her dress is white lace with a filmy black overlay over the right and left sides and a shawl of the same material draped across her upper left arm and right wrist. There is a large red flower ornament centered under the bust-line, and the subject has her head turned to look directly at the viewer.
  • Notes:Grandmother of current owner. Subject born 9 June 1879, Leavenworth, Kansas; died 16 October 1961, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.