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Mary Liston Kirksey (1865-1867), (painting). Artist:  Unknown, painter. Title:  Mary Liston Kirksey (1865-1867), (painting). Dates:  ca. 1867 Digital Reference:  Medium:  Pastel on paper. Dimensions:  18 x 24 in. Description:  Portrait of a young Mary Liston Kirksey seated with her body turned slightly to the right and her gaze directed toward the viewer. She wears a loose white gown and a coral beaded necklace, and her blond hair is cut short with soft curls falling over her ears. In her left hand she holds a small Japanese doll and in her right hand she holds up a gold tipped cane which belonged to her father. Subject:  Portrait female -- Kirksey, Mary Liston -- Child Portrait female -- Kirksey, Mary Liston -- Full length Object -- Toy -- Doll Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Sanders, Ron, Eutaw, Alabama Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Kirksey, Foster Mark, Mr. & Mrs., Eutaw, Alabama Swayze, Roy, Mr. & Mrs., Blanton, Alton, Mr. & Mrs., Eutaw, Alabama Remarks:  Mary Liston Kirksey was the daughter of Margaretta Lucretia Liston and Forster Mark Kirksey of "Kirkwood," Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama. She was born April 17, 1865 and died April 2, 1867. She is buried in Mesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, Alabama. This portrait is possibly a posthumous portrait. A New Orleans artist's supply label, partially written in French, is on the reverse of the painting, but is now covered by conservation paper. The painting is framed in the original silver gilt frame measuring 24 x 30 in. References:  Nelson, David, 2010, 2011. 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 9D640231   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 9D640231 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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