Frances Elizabeth Brown L'Hommedieu (b. 1832), (painting).

Frances Elizabeth Brown L'Hommedieu (b. 1832), (painting).

Weigandt, Carl F., painter.

Frances Elizabeth Brown L'Hommedieu (b. 1832), (painting).

Oval 30 x 26 in.

Portrait of Frances L'Hommedieu with her body turned slightly to the left and her gaze directed toward the viewer. She wears a dark dress with a white lace collar and a cameo pin at the neck. A light-colored shawl is loosely draped around her arms. Her dark hair is parted in the midle and swept back her face, revealin drop earrings.

Portrait female -- L'Hommedieu, William Alexander, Mrs. (Frances Elizabeth Brown) -- Bust

Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry

Cavett, Ida Low N., Jackson, Mississippi

Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 163.

Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 163.

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