Varina Howell Davis
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Object Details
- Artist
- John Wood Dodge, 4 Nov 1807 - 15 Dec 1893
- Sitter
- Varina Howell Davis, 7 May 1826 - 16 Oct 1906
- Provenance
- Varina Margaret [“Marka”] Webb Stewart, great-granddaughter of sitter, Colorado Springs; gift 1980 to NPG
- Inscribed on reverse of backing behind miniature: “Likeness of Mrs. Jefferson Davis Painted by John W. Dodge. Natchez, Missi. Jany. 1849.”
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Varina Webb Stewart Conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
- 1849
- Object number
- NPG.80.113
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions
- Object: 6.5 x 5.3cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/16")
- Case Open: 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.3cm (3 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 1/8")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Brooch
- Miniature
- Varina Howell Davis: Female
- Varina Howell Davis: Literature\Writer\Magazine article writer
- Varina Howell Davis: Literature\Writer\Biographer
- Varina Howell Davis: Politics and Government\Confederate First Lady
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.80.113
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43ea858de-ecfd-4575-ad4d-e96c5e8a7adc
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