Portrait #482

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Litton, Catherine Warren
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington B.
  • Date Created:1843 Aug
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:42 x 37
  • Image Dimensions:28 x 24
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:10/6/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Older woman in white ruffled bonnet with black chin tie, loose fitting black dress with large collar and white lace or voile shawl. Waist-length, seated, frontal.
  • History:Restored by Cumberland Art Conservation Center in the late 1980s.
  • Notes:Subject was artist's mother-in-law. Born in Castlebar, Ireland 1777. Died in Nashville Dec. 26, 1845.