Portrait #92

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Perkins, Susan May (1835-?)
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  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Travellers Rest Historic House Museum 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 website
  • Frame Dimensions:38 x 33.5
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 24
  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:7/8/2003
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Oval waist-length nearly frontal of woman in white off-the-shoulder formal dress with a pink roll of chiffon-like fabric below the bust. She is in slightly left profile. Her dark straight hair is parted in the middle and pulled back over her ears. Her dark eyes are wideset and no jewelry is visible.
  • Notes:Some surface buckling is evident, but the pigment is still in good shape. Another portrait of the same sitter is privately owned in the area. Sitter was the daughter of James F. May.