Portrait #910

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:McDowell, Etta Young
  • Artist:Grainger, M. E.
  • Date Created:1953
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
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  • Frame Dimensions:33 1/2 x 40
  • Image Dimensions:27 1/2 x 34
  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:1 October 2007
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Woman seated in gold upholstered Victorian chair; hands folded in lap and holding a handkerchief- (2/3 figure) There is a table with a vase and flowers on her left, and the background looks like red crushed fabric, possibly draperies.
  • History:Portrait was donated to Girl Scout Headquarter in Knoxville by family.
  • Notes:Etta McDonell was the driving force behind the founding of the Girl Scout movement in Knoxville and East Tennessee.