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Godfrey, Lucille Burroughs,
Portrait female -- Unidentified
Portrait female -- Unidentified
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Domestic
Painting
Portrait of Aunt Polly, (painting).
Artist:
Godfrey, Lucille Burroughs, painter.
Title:
Portrait of Aunt Polly, (painting).
Dates:
1911.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
19 3/4 x 16 in.
Description:
Bust portrait of Polly, a black woman, wearing a head cloth.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Unidentified -- Polly
Portrait female -- Unidentified -- Bust
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Domestic -- Laundry
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Dargan, Ervin, Mrs., Route 3, Box 423, Darlington, South Carolina 29532
Remarks:
Polly was a laundress at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
References:
National Society of Colonial Dames, South Carolina, 1990.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 16.
Illustration:
Image on file.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," 16Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 16.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 73440518
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