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.