Portrait #349

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Winslow, Abagail Amory (Mrs. Benjamin Winslow)
  • Artist:Malbone, Edward Greene 1777-1807
  • Date Created:1805
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 7/8" x 2 1/4"
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:2/22/2004
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frame is original gilt copper with full glass back enclosing hair, gold oval ring and gold initials "AW." Oval, bust-length of a young woman with large brown eyes and brown curly hair piled high on her head where there is a ornament of four pearls. Her dress white, with ruffles or lace at the v-neck line. Her inscribed name is visible on the bottom edge of the frame.
  • History:Painted in Boston. Exhibited Cheekwood 1992 / Huntsville 1996/Gibbes 2000 Illus. Southern Accents, February 1992 / Huntsville catalog / American Art Review, March 1996