Painter:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Cuningham, Robert, Mrs. (Louisa Bird)  Search this

Cuningham, Pamela  Search this

Cuningham, John  Search this

Cuningham, Ben Yancey  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Historic Waco Foundation Waco Texas

Date:

Ca. 1830

Notes:

"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. 76.

Summary:

Portrait of Mrs. Robert Cuningham seated on a low settee, her body turned slightly to the right, her gaze directed toward the viewer, and a few stems of roses held in her lap. She wears a dark dress with a ruched collar, and her dark hair is swept back from her face. With her left hand she passes one of her rose to her youngest son, Ben Yancey Cuningham, seated at her feet. Seated to her left are her daughter Anne Pamela Cuningham (1816-1875) and son John Cuningham (1818-1893).

Topic:

Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this

Portrait female--Full length  Search this

Portrait female--Child  Search this

Portrait male--Child  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Object--Flower--Rose  Search this

Control number:

IAP 73441029

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_398364