Portrait #460

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Polk, Lucius
  • Artist:Avent, Mayna Treanor
  • Date Created:1920
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:36 x 32
  • Image Dimensions:28.5 x 24
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:10/14/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Three-quarters right profile of a young man with curly dark hair. His right in inserted into his black jacket ÒNaponleonicÓ -style. White shirt has high collar.
  • History:This work is a copy of a deteriorated original by an unkown artist. It was featured in White House Brides.
  • Notes:Subject was the brother of Leonidas Polk and 1 of 10 children by two wives. He lived from 1802-1870 and built Hamilton Place.