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Mary Caroline Jenkins Townsend (Mrs. John F.) (1813-1889), (painting). Artist:  Sosnowski, Callie, painter. Title:  Mary Caroline Jenkins Townsend (Mrs. John F.) (1813-1889), (painting). Other Titles:  Mrs. John Ferrars Townsent (Mary Caroline Jenkins) (1813-1889), (painting). Medium:  Pastel. Dimensions:  Oval: 20 x 14 in. Description:  Bust portrait of Mary Caroline Jenkins Townsend wearing a dark blue dress with lace trim. Subject:  Portrait female -- Townsend, John Ferrare, Mrs. (Mary Caroline Jenkins) -- Bust Portrait female -- Townsend, John Ferrars, Mrs. (Mary Caroline Jenkins) -- Bust Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Benton, William Spann, Mrs., 3801 John Francis Court, Columbia, South Carolina 29204 Remarks:  Mary Caroline Jenkins Townsend was born on Oct. 23, 1813, the daughter of Capt. Richard and Phoebe Waight Jenkins. In 1835 she married John Ferrare Townsend, a state senator and signer of the Ordanance of Seccession. They lived at "Bleak Hall" Plantation on Edisto Island, South Carolina and had four children. She died on June 16, 1889. This portrait was believed to have been painted sometime after her marriage. 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. 394. Illustration:  Image on file. "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. 394. 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 73440553   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 73440553 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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