Portrait #424

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Polk, Jannette (Jane) Knox 1776-1852
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington Bogart
  • Date Created:ca. 1830-1845
  • Owner/Location:James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301-305 W. Seventh St. Columbia, TN 38402 931-388-2354 www.jameskpolk.com/new/
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:NA
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/14/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Waist-length rectangular three-quarters right profile of an older woman wearing black dress with a square white lace collar held at the neck by a broch. She is also wearing a high, white ruffled lace bonnet, which effectively hides her hair. Her mouth is drawn in tight so that almost no lips are visible.