Chloe, (painting).

Chloe, (painting).

Stanton, Lucy May, 1875-1931, painter.

Chloe, (painting).

Watercolor on ivory.

Oval: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Bust-length portrait of an African-American woman wearing a white stole and a white cap. She is facing forward and looking at the viewer.

Portrait female -- Unidentified -- Chloe

Portrait female -- Unidentified -- Bust

Ethnic -- African American

Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta, Georgia

Posthumous portrait of Chloe, the servant and caretaker of the artist and her sister when they were children, painted from memory and a photograph.

Fowler, Betty Alice and Andrew Ladis, "The Art of Lucy May Stanton," Athens: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2002, no. 35.

Forbes, W. Stanton, "Lucy M. Stanton, Artist," Atlanta: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 1975, fig. 2.

Fowler, Betty Alice and Andrew Ladis, "The Art of Lucy May Stanton," Athens: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2002, pg. 104.

Forbes, W. Stanton, "Lucy M. Stanton, Artist," Atlanta: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 1975, fig. 2.

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